In both old and recent keris it could be because the maker ran short of the same material as used in the blade, [/QUOTE]
Yes yes, for KERIS MAKER now (empu modern); ran short of same material is reasonable/acceptable. yes..yes I know it, Planing to make 1 kodi keris became problem because of it (kekurangan bahan).
But for empu in old era, ran short of same material for gonjo?
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hey, why not.......also reasonable!
I guess the gonjo of my keris also because of that problem
Oye...oye.