staining keris blade

kresnadi · 17th November 2005, 05:21 AM

Hello,

I’m new to this forum. Just want to ask you guys a question. How do you stain a keris blade ? Can we use other chemicals than AS2O3 ? (Warangan) ?

Thanks

nechesh · 17th November 2005, 07:54 AM

Hi Kresnadi, welcome. This has been a much discussed question here. Try using the search on this forum and see what you get so we don't need to rehash it all.

You might want to search the old forum as well.

nechesh · 17th November 2005, 07:58 AM

Here, i'll save you some time (though you should still do a more complete search)
http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000717.html

kresnadi · 17th November 2005, 10:20 AM

nechesh thanks for your information.

I have a couple of keris at home that I'll be experimenting / playing with.....cheap new madura keris.....

17th November 2005, 05:21 AM	#1
kresnadi Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Jakarta Posts: 2	staining keris blade Hello, I’m new to this forum. Just want to ask you guys a question. How do you stain a keris blade ? Can we use other chemicals than AS2O3 ? (Warangan) ? Thanks

17th November 2005, 07:54 AM	#2
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Hi Kresnadi, welcome. This has been a much discussed question here. Try using the search on this forum and see what you get so we don't need to rehash it all. You might want to search the old forum as well.

17th November 2005, 07:58 AM	#3
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Here, i'll save you some time (though you should still do a more complete search) http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000717.html

17th November 2005, 10:20 AM	#4
kresnadi Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Jakarta Posts: 2	nechesh thanks for your information. I have a couple of keris at home that I'll be experimenting / playing with.....cheap new madura keris.....