Thanks so much Detlef, David and A.G. Maisey!
Really, really appreciate the detailed comments - fantastic to know more about the Keris I've admired for so long.
I currently have it displayed on a wall in my home and I'm pretty tempted to merge some of your comments into a placard that explains the style and background (especially as I want to pass it down to my children some day).
Something like this?:
Central Javanese Keris (19th Century) - dressed in the style of Solo (Surakarta), 9 luk blade.
Completely makes sense that it's likely village work - my grandfather wasn't very wealthy but liked to travel to remote areas of the globe (comparative to where he lived) long before it became more common to be well travelled. Highly possible he purchased it from a village smith.
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