The term tajong can refer to the hilt or the keris as a whole. But as a whole keris, the sheath form needs to be that as shown in both specimens in this thread. Any other sheaths would be inappropriate (sometimes, we see tajong hilts plonked onto sampir tebeng, i.e. the trapezoid sheath type, which is inappropriate). The blade is usually a pandai saras or a carita and shd be proportionate in length to the overall sheath and hilt. The overall aesthetics of a tajong keris needs to be 'long and lanky'. Short stumpy ones don't look right.
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