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Originally Posted by kai
Thanks for this rare glimpse on a nekkid blade of yours! 
Could you add a full view, please? I have to admit that I'm not sure we're looking at a Madurese-made blade here... |
Ah, sorry, no, that's all you get this time around i'm afraid.
I am fairly certain that indeed we are
not looking at a a Madurese blade. But this thread isn't about this blade and i only posted these portions to venture a general question about the traditions of warangan treatment across the board.
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Originally Posted by kai
BTW, I'd expect most decent keris blades from SE Asia to receive more or less sensible warangan treatment nowadays before being offered (locally or internationally); I don't think we can utilize these for judging traditional approaches of local communities anymore (most seem to be done according to Jawanese "tastes").
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This is quite possible Kai and you may have noticed that i suggested as much in my post. However, i do maintain a connection with a group of (mostly) Malay collectors and their take seems to be to clean with lime
not use warangan. So on the local level i am not convinced the the Javanese methods have taken hold across the entire spectrum of keris bearing cultures.