As an after thought, I feel it might be helpful, Detlef, if you were to define exactly what you consider to be a "gana" hilt.
Bearing in mind the several quite different meanings of the word "gana" in Modern Javanese, the meaning in Old Javanese, and the meaning according to the Hindu belief system, plus the fact that I have never heard this word used in Central Jawa as a descriptor for a keris hilt type, I am just a little curious as to exactly what you, and some other people regard as the essential characteristics of a gana hilt, and why.
Exactly where do we first find the term "gana hilt" used to refer to a Javanese hilt form ?
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