Actually, this is not a real bad old keris.
Yeah, sure, its a bit untidy in places, but for its age it is not bad at all.
The dress is middle of the road in quality and presentation; I suspect that the pendok will test as silver---the embossing looks too fine for it to be mamas.
A pretty fair old keris.
You cannot apply the same rules of appraisal to keris that you would to any other weapon. A keris like this cannot really be regarded as a weapon, but more as a cultural icon.
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