An 8-year journey

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Originally Posted by asomotif

Hello Kai Wee

Very good decission.
This is a very tastefull keris.

Where did you have it stained / polished ? The blade looks very good !

As for the hilt.
How old is vintage in this case ?

Best regards,
Willem

Hello Willem,

The blade was like this when I bought it. It probably was old polish/staining though the blade was much darker when I purchased it. There was a thick oily layer on the blade, which I was told could be some sort of thick gun oil. Over the years, I cleaned it once every few months with Singer oil, which is a mineral parafin oil, and that removed the black oil layer and exposed more and more of the pamor beneath. I now keep the blade wrapped up in plastic in the sheath.

I can't remember, but the hilt could be from the 70s. Resin core, silver sheet exterior.