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					Originally Posted by David
					
				 
				LOL!!!    ... He basically assured me it was not only the real deal, but a very powerful JAVANESE keris according to his own knowledgeable Javanese friends. So powerful that when he took it out to show them the guy's wife had to leave the room.    
			
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 Probably the wiser wife was thinking... what a piece of crap... 
 
 
[QUOTE=David]He told me that he would bet me $4000 (to the charity of my choice) if i was correct, but of course he is not willing to put it to the test. I challenged him to post it here and i think it is funny that it found it's way here afterall. 
 
 
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				Yes, i think "keris-like object" desribes this item best. 
			
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  A nicer and polite way of describing the item. 
 
 
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				To actually call it a keris is an insult to a great art and culture. 
			
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 Precisely. If this is the quality of keris, I guess we'll be off collecting other stuffs.

 Fortunately, it is not. So here we are commenting and discussing, as usual.