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Welcome to the forum. Perhaps it's easier to start-up with
1.)
The World of the Javanese Keris.
http://www.eriksedge.com/TheWorldoftheJavaneseKeris.html
Auth: G. & B.Solyom,
Pub: East West Centre Pub., Honolulu 1978.
ISBN No: 0-9620340-0-2
Comments: ***** A must have primer. Concentrate on Indonesian keris culture.
2.)
The Kris: Mystic Weapon of the Malay World.
Auth: Edward Frey,
Pub: Oxford University Press, Oxford (3rd Edition),
ISBN 0-19-588906-1
Comments: ***** Another very good primer with lots of good info and pictures in the Kris Archives. Shows a variety of different regions kerises.