Bali keris hilt - to glue or thread?

Henk · 12th October 2005, 10:14 PM

Ariel,

Glueing a keris is simply not done. And why should you? All parts of a keris are replaceable and removeable. When a keris blade is cleaned and re-etched the blade goes into a bath. Having a beautiful ukiran glued on it, is not very smart. The only time you can use glue on a keris is to reglue the gandar to the wrangka.

Don't we want our weapons to be original as they originally are?
The Krazy glue might be good stuff to repair broken parts. And in that case you can use glue on a keris to repair broken parts.

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12th October 2005, 10:14 PM	#6
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Ariel, Glueing a keris is simply not done. And why should you? All parts of a keris are replaceable and removeable. When a keris blade is cleaned and re-etched the blade goes into a bath. Having a beautiful ukiran glued on it, is not very smart. The only time you can use glue on a keris is to reglue the gandar to the wrangka. Don't we want our weapons to be original as they originally are? The Krazy glue might be good stuff to repair broken parts. And in that case you can use glue on a keris to repair broken parts.