And a Bali keris for comment

[David]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Thank you David for the comment!
The warangan was done from a man in the Netherlands, interestingly not with arsenic but with realgar.

Regards,
Detlef

Well, ultimately realgar IS arsenic, isn't it?

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by David

Well, ultimately realgar IS arsenic, isn't it?

Yes, it is but my own attempts with realgar etching haven't been very successful. I gave away my arsen when my first child was born.

[David]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Yes, it is but my own attempts with realgar etching haven't been very successful. I gave away my arsen when my first child was born.

Yes, i have never used it, but my understanding is that realgar is not at all consistent in its quality. Shame you felt the need to get rid if your arsenic supply. I would have thought a good lock box or safe might have solved your problem there.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by David

Yes, i have never used it, but my understanding is that realgar is not at all consistent in its quality. Shame you felt the need to get rid if your arsenic supply. I would have thought a good lock box or safe might have solved your problem there.

Agree in both points! But my wife has played a great part by this decision to that time. Now my children are accrued and I regret it a little bit.

[David]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Agree in both points! But my wife has played a great part by this decision to that time. Now my children are accrued and I regret it a little bit.

This is not unlike the officer's katana my dad had returned with from the Pacific after WWII that my mom made him get rid of when we kids were born. Not so much my dad's regret as my own.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by David

This is not unlike the officer's katana my dad had returned with from the Pacific after WWII that my mom made him get rid of when we kids were born. Not so much my dad's regret as my own.

I think nearly every member here can tell similar stories!

[SidJ]

It is such a lovely keris that I would love to have it if you ever get bored of it!
Nice warangan job too. Realgar seems to give a subtler stain it seems but even more alluring to my eyes.