keris jalak with rare pamor

[Jussi M.]

Beautiful pamor.

Being able to make such a complex pamor in past days gone must had called for a truly experienced and/or gifted maker.

Very nice

Thanks,

J.

[Richard Furrer]

Originally Posted by Jussi M.

Beautiful pamor.

Being able to make such a complex pamor in past days gone must had called for a truly experienced and/or gifted maker.

Very nice

Thanks,

J.

Indeed...and good assistants...that is not a one man job.
Keep the pictures coming...you folk have shown me pamor I have never dreamed of...wonderful work.

Ric

[Rick]

Here's a portion of a what I suspect is an uncontrolled pamor on a Wilah attributed to Pak Budi .
The black Iron has a couple of shades that I could not bring up with my limited image manipulation skills .

[Rick]

Presented in honor of its originator .

[Atlantia]

Wonderful, beautiful and fascinating Keris gentlemen.

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Rick

Presented in honor of its originator .

Hey Rick,

Whats the deal with that really BLACK stain?
I've got a Keris with a really complex pamor that has a similar very black stain.

[A. G. Maisey]

Pamor colour depends on four things:-

1)--- material

2)--- the skill of the person doing the stain

3)--- the materials available to carry out the stain job

4)--- the weather


these four factors provide the answer to every variation noted in the colour of stained blades

[satsujinken]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

Pamor colour depends on four things:-

1)--- material

2)--- the skill of the person doing the stain

3)--- the materials available to carry out the stain job

4)--- the weather


these four factors provide the answer to every variation noted in the colour of stained blades

CMIIW, as I am a newbie in this field, but as far as I know, balinese tend to stain their blade blacker than javanese keris ? my friend here named the style of staining of balinese keris as dongsalibing

the final result is the balinese keris is much darker and smoother than its javanese counterparts

I may be wrong, as I never encounter this information on any books, but from several friend of mine, who are in this field for couple of decades

look at the comparison below, keris bali first, keris jawa second

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Hey Rick,

Whats the deal with that really BLACK stain?
I've got a Keris with a really complex pamor that has a similar very black stain.

I think Alan covered it buddy .