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Atlantia · 25th March 2010, 11:16 PM

Thats an absolutely lovely weapon. Very elegant. Congratulations.

Battara · 25th March 2010, 11:21 PM

Nice Malaysian sundang! Thanks for the pictures.

ThePepperSkull · 14th April 2010, 05:35 AM

any chance on getting a full pic of the sword unsheathed? it's beautiful!

mross · 15th April 2010, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ThePepperSkull

any chance on getting a full pic of the sword unsheathed? it's beautiful!

I'll see what I can do. It's currently covered in either cosmoline or old varnish and looks really ratty. When I have the chance I've been going over it with acetone to clean it up. These are the sellers photos and show off it's good parts, the bad and ugly(apology to Clint Eastwood) parts where missing from the shots.

Maurice · 15th April 2010, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mross

I'll see what I can do. It's currently covered in either cosmoline or old varnish and looks really ratty. When I have the chance I've been going over it with acetone to clean it up. These are the sellers photos and show off it's good parts, the bad and ugly(apology to Clint Eastwood) parts where missing from the shots.

Very recently a kris slipped into my collection with also a very ugly blade to look at. There was some kind of brown varnish on the blade. But after some cleaning, and a very light etch, a beautiful blade came forward.
It is not such nice blade as yours turn out to be after cleaning, no doubt about that, but I was very surprised and like the result!
I attached some images before and after cleaning!

Maurice

mross · 15th April 2010, 09:16 PM

Nice job on the clean up. The sword looks like it deserved to be cleaned up.

Rick · 15th April 2010, 09:54 PM

Yep, lucky for you it was shellacked or varnished .

Looks great .

25th March 2010, 11:16 PM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Thats an absolutely lovely weapon. Very elegant. Congratulations.

25th March 2010, 11:21 PM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,363	Nice Malaysian sundang! Thanks for the pictures.

14th April 2010, 05:35 AM	#3
ThePepperSkull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 338	any chance on getting a full pic of the sword unsheathed? it's beautiful!

15th April 2010, 09:16 PM	#6
mross Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 478	Nice job on the clean up. The sword looks like it deserved to be cleaned up.

15th April 2010, 09:54 PM	#7
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,378	Yep, lucky for you it was shellacked or varnished . Looks great .