The key point to consider Phra Somdej Wat Rakang.

The key point and characteristic to identify and adjudicate Phra Somdej Wat Rakang. There will be five key aspect as follow :

1. Tumors    

Tumors caused by mixed (Magic powder) in substance of Phra Somdej Wat Rakang. When substance of Phra Somdej Wat Rakang reaches the age. They formed as tumors on the surface texture of Phra Somdej Wat Rakang. Germination characteristics are small clear granule. The color of tumors would be the same color the texture appears on the front and rear of all Phra Somdej Wat Rakang.

To prove the tumor by using the high capacity magnifier. Watching the front of the amulet along the bell curve line, three layers base, amulets surface and the rear surface. You can see the apparent tumor formed. Or you extension the amulet by take a big picture. you can see the tumor clear.

2  Shrinkage of texture and mass.

By the basic of natural science, the texture reached the age will found shrinkage causes wrinkles. And mass spectrometry including relics granule powder, grace powder, pollen grains, dried flowers, sacred ground, grain rice and broken rice in whiteness and opaque, causes shrinking separated from the amulet texture. And see some of mass, such as red granule, black granule be embedded in the crevices of the shrinking amulet texture.

The contraction of substance will be embedded in a small cavity in the crevices of the shrinking amulet texture.

3. Translucent white stains and Crichton stain.                                                                               Caused by a chemical reaction slowly. Over hundred years old, Lime water to be excreted from the amulet texture covered until the skin is glossy. Both skin thick and thin stains, the colored stains that are often seen as opaque and translucent white stain.

In addition to the Crichton stain of red, orange and brown stains from tung oil, black mold stains old lacquer is dark brown, the red stain of betel.

Including the others color of the amulet that mixed as mass. The yellow color texture are mixed by texture of mature jack fruit, mature banana. The white color texture are mixed by texture that rich of calcium oxide as crushed shells, cooked rice.

4. Buddha nature is beautiful pleasant to the eye.                                                                                The imagination of the skill of Royal craftsman in the print. Cause to make the last era of Phra Somdej Wat Rakang shaped delicate and magnificent proportions. Like the arches (cut half of rattan), round, bulging, plump like a beautiful candle rounded. The amulet look elegant, face, torso, chest, shoulders, knees, arms raised high, rounded a beautifully proportioned. The hair (head) will sharply streaming. Some of the amulets the first and second base tapered type or some print is round shape. The third base is a rectangular type and cut both edge slant. By the basic of natural science, embellish the amulet texture outstanding shiny appearance, delicate, gentle, charming, beautiful pleasant to the eye.

5. Spot, small hole, pore size.
1. black granule spot (from fragments of charcoal kiln sea shell.)
2. red granule spot (red brick kiln granule fragments that broke off from the sieve out with lime.)
3. granule brown and soft. (A pollen grain and flowers dry sacred. Grinding the mixture as the substance. And shrinking inside the pore size and pore peeling off to become a small hole like needle). It turns out to be crammed in all Phra Somdej Wat Rakang.

Besides of the phenomenal natural sciences, the five key aspect to consider Phra Somdej Wat Rakang. There are also some traces such action by human appears more and more such as Roi Kadan, Roi Krabmark, cleavage, fragments incense stick, broken or crushed. One or more inclusively. To be the focus on and indicate "Phra Somdej Wat Rakang Genuine."

- Roi Kradan and Roi Krabmark.
By pressing and wipe out the texture on the back printed by a piece of wood or wood plank.  Making character of Roi Krabmark and Roi Kradan.

roi krabmark not happen by shrink or wrinkle of the texture but caused by depth sharp contrast of flow pressing a piece of wood and look like wood plank.

roi kradan is depth sharp contrast of flow pressing a piece of wood and look like wood plank.

Caused by used the woven bamboo strips to cut edge of Phra Somdej Wat Rakang. By traces cutting each amulet edge of four sides. It caused split and crack rear of the amulet along the notched groove for cutting on mold made by a slate plate. When substance is pass over hundred years. The shrinking of the amulet texture was increased crack stripe on the back.

crack stripe
Caused by used the woven bamboo strips to cut edge of Phra Somdej Wat Rakang. By traces cutting each amulet edge of four sides. It caused split and crack rear of the amulet along the notched groove for cutting on mold made by a slate plate. When substance is pass over hundred years. The shrinking of the amulet texture was increased crack stripe on the back.

piece of incense stick. 
Caused by cutting or powdered incense stick worship Buddha. Mix with others main stuff for substance of Phra Somdej Wat Rakang. Some amulets see the wood chips or wood splinters. From cutting debris as small stick. Or agglomeration of the powder in the substance.