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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10238419, member: 2844"]Alas, I am not local. It needs polishing, a lot of elbow grease especially on the brass mounts and studs. That will take some time because I have muscle issues, so 'pelan-pelan' (slowly-slowly) as they say in Indonesia.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>One of the bun feet had a piece broken off, but the piece was inside the box so I glued it back in place. One of the brass studs came off the lid, but that is also inside the box, so I'll put it back once everything is polished. Other than that no splits or breaks. A beast of a Dutch colonial document box for 50 euros.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'll post it in a separate thread and tag you, but I still have to resize the photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree. I feel the same about Indonesian keris, sometimes buy them just to rescue them from neglect and disrespect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10238419, member: 2844"]Alas, I am not local. It needs polishing, a lot of elbow grease especially on the brass mounts and studs. That will take some time because I have muscle issues, so 'pelan-pelan' (slowly-slowly) as they say in Indonesia.;) One of the bun feet had a piece broken off, but the piece was inside the box so I glued it back in place. One of the brass studs came off the lid, but that is also inside the box, so I'll put it back once everything is polished. Other than that no splits or breaks. A beast of a Dutch colonial document box for 50 euros.:happy: I'll post it in a separate thread and tag you, but I still have to resize the photos. I agree. I feel the same about Indonesian keris, sometimes buy them just to rescue them from neglect and disrespect.[/QUOTE]
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