[Anthony G.]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

Anthony, I avoid the staining of older blades that bear kinatah work, I have done a few that were fairly heavily rusted, & for those I used nail lacquer to protect the kinatah work. It should be noted that I never use the soak method of staining, I use brush & finger pressure.

For any older blade where the blade can be read, I usually do not stain.

I have had current era blades that bear kinatah & have been competently stained, I do not know what method the m'ranggi has used to to the job.

Hi Alan

Thanks for sharing.

I will ask the craftsman to coat the motif with something suitable before he warangan the new forged keris again so that the coating on the motif will not fade/remove off by the warangan.