Please accept my apologies Giovanni.
I misinterpreted your sketch:- I thought that the black spots surrounding the tang were holes to accept pins.
Yes, tightening a gonjo by working around the tang and punching the top of the gonjo is a valid way to fit a gonjo, I've often found this method used on Bugis and Peninsula keris, but I cannot recall ever having seen it used on a Javanese or Balinese keris.
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