Bronze keris ?

[satsujinken]

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

Nope, bronze does not rust but it oxidizes and gets corroded.

However, this piece does NOT display any typical signs of an antique bronze blade but it appears to be recently made and artificially aged.

The asertion that it was found burried in a rice field my be genuine since I supposed that's part of the artificial aging process.

Regards,

Marius

PS: I have handled a few genuine antique bronze pieces but I believe that for every single genuine bronze piece on the market there are 1000 fakes. The Chinese have become particularly proficient at faking antique Warring States period and Luristan swords. However this example in my oppinion is very far from the "quality" of Chinese fakes that are getting close to perfection these days.

you may be right, what I see is actually if the item was buried for 700 years or so, and it was made from iron, the corrosion rate should be higher and evenly spread

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by satsujinken

you may be right, what I see is actually if the item was buried for 700 years or so, and it was made from iron, the corrosion rate should be higher and evenly spread

Exactly! But this is only one of the points.


You can easily check if it is iron or not with a magnet, like for the "wooden" keris.