G'day Alan,
Thank you for your explanation Alan. Just one question, do you know when does the word keris actually started to be used?
Guys,
This is rather silly, but I just thought that if Ma Huan really inspects a keris to a point that he sees the pamor, even if it is a straight one, wouldn't he be mentioning that the blade is asymmetrical and it has ganja? Apart from the luk, asymmetry and ganja also is features of a keris that cannot be ignored.