Keris with elephant-headed blade.

A. G. Maisey · 15th November 2025, 11:39 PM

As I said Detlef, my comment was not my advice, it was advice given to me a long time ago by a lead conservator who had an extremely impressive resume. This man was heavily relied upon by a couple of major museums.

I have never tried linseed oil on ivory.

Looking at your hilt that has come together I might give it a try on something unimportant, I've got a lot of ivory, I can probably find something with a crack that I'd be prepared to try it on.

Tell me, was your linseed oil boiled oil or raw oil?

Did you demount the hilt before soaking?

If you demounted, did you clean out the tang hole & tang before remounting?

15th November 2025, 11:39 PM	#35
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,149	As I said Detlef, my comment was not my advice, it was advice given to me a long time ago by a lead conservator who had an extremely impressive resume. This man was heavily relied upon by a couple of major museums. I have never tried linseed oil on ivory. Looking at your hilt that has come together I might give it a try on something unimportant, I've got a lot of ivory, I can probably find something with a crack that I'd be prepared to try it on. Tell me, was your linseed oil boiled oil or raw oil? Did you demount the hilt before soaking? If you demounted, did you clean out the tang hole & tang before remounting?