Thank you David and Alan for your feedbacks and suggestions
I will definitely follow your suggestion in replacing the mendak, although it has to wait till I go back to Jakarta where the Keris is located (I currently live in Perth).
I would also like to replace the warangka and hilt with sunggingan.
I requested the seller (who is a friend of mine) to find me an old/antique sunggingan that would fit this Keris, he owns an antique shop so I believe he has quite an extensive network in Indonesia to find me one.
Alas, he told me that it is already very difficult to find a new high quality sunggingan warangka, it would be extremely difficult to find an antique one.
I believe that I saw in one of the threads that both of you owned an antique sunggingan warangka.
Do you mind pointing me to the right direction where I can find one in Indonesia?
I don’t mind a new one as long as the quality is good (although I prefer old/antique one).
Some additional photos of the Keris:
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