David, I am not interpreting anything that you have written as disapproval of anything.
When I say "many people", I mean precisely that:- many people, mostly people who have read the books, looked at the pictures but have very little first hand experience of how difficult it can be to acquire a technically perfect keris, especially when some artistic merit and/or age is a part of the equation.
I think you have been collecting for long enough to understand the situation perfectly.
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