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Originally Posted by David
While i do see newly forged tombak from time to time on ePray i can't say that i have seen them being manufactured as tourist items. Maybe i need to get out more.   |
Why sell to a city souvenir shop owner for $X, or wait for tourists to show up at your perapen and sell to them for $2X, when you can sell direct to collectors on eBay for $4X plus shipping? The intent and quality are, however, the same. The developing entrepreneurship that Ann Dunham remarked upon in her dissertation has spread globally via the Internet. I'm especially impressed with the initiative of the guys who've started selling their roughly forged but unfinished keris w/gonjo blanks via eBay.
Robert, congrats on the pusaka tombak. It's a real beauty.