Very nicely put David.
I will not comment on Azman's keris, because I do not have it in my hand, and my opinions formed from the photos could well be incorrect.
However, here are a couple of photos of a a blade that bears some very strong similarities to Azman's keris, and I have had this keris in my hand. It is current era Madura, last half of the 20th century, it is very strong on artistic merit, but it does not go back to the times when it could be dignified with attribution to a named empu. It can be given a tangguh: kamardikan, that is, the period following Indonesian independence.
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