The theory is that Blambangan came from Majapahit, Bali came from Majapahit, Banten came from Blambangan.
Majapahit was bolstered by Pajajaran smiths.
Surakarta style echoes in some respects Majapahit style.
Blambangan are regarded by some experts in Jawa as within the the same stylistic parameters as Majapahit.
However, when we see Majapahit keris that are almost universally agreed to be Majapahit, they are nowhere near the same size as Blambangan.- but you can see the stylistic relationship.
A lot of keris that come from far east of East Jawa are quite big --- I'm not talking about what might be regarded as clasical Blambangan keris, but east Jawa keris from the far East of Jawa.
Once again with this keris of Gustav's we're trying to play the tangguh game.
Bad move.
Its too difficult from pics and all the guesses just confuse people and make the water muddier than it already is.
In any case, its a decent old keris, and the delamination on the gonjo is, for me, a very minor defect, its just part of the character of a very old keris.
The wrongko is text-book trembalu, the jejeran might be timoho, but timoho is not used very often for jejeran because it is inclined to be soft. If it is not a very soft wood in the white sections, it might be safer to call it "pelet" which refers to the two colours and can be a number of different woods.
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