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					Originally Posted by mandaukudi
					
				 
				The statement that the first weapon should represent a keris is somewhat to far IMO. If we see the great skill a niha could carve I don't think they tried to imitate a javanese keris but they just adopted some designs they like. You see that also in the swords of north nias. some are almost like a sikin but are they still balato? Difficult... but what's in the name..... 
 
regards, 
 
Arjan 
			
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 Thanks Arjan for the additional info..