Bali Keris found it's way to me

[milandro]

very well, the process can be reversed , so, even if it goes " wrong" ( as in too dark for example) you can re do this

there are probably many ways to do this , including polish with wet and dry sandpaper as suggested , prior to staining which is something that people who use Warangal in the NL don't do (to my knowledge) while it would probably be more consistent with the original way this was made on Bali or Lombok

[A. G. Maisey]

If we wish to think about "original", Javanese blades were polished in previous times also.

In Bali wet sand and powdered limestone were used as polishing agents, probably the same agents were used in Jawa.

[milandro]

I merely pointed out, for the benefit of someone who lives in the NL and may use (or not) the services of people washing with Warangan over here, that in the NL said people don't (to my knowledge) polish blades in any way.

I do own polished blades which weren't made on Bali, so, I am familiar with the concept

[A. G. Maisey]

understood

[milandro]

anyway IF Pendita decides to polish and then stain it

I would very much like to see the results , thank you