Hello David,
Yes, I was going to concentrate on the blade, too.
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I would be very interested to know if anyone is aware of a tradition of picit blades outside of Jawa.
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Yes, there is. I have seen several of these shorter and stout blades from other areas of the archipelago - some have picit, too.
While it may be tough to verify whether these all really originated from outside of the land of Jawa, I'd at least suggest that the pamor motifs here are not typical and also the ricikan and gandik features suggest different influences.
I've also had an antique alameng sword with several picit "thumb prints" on an otherwise typical Bugis blade.
Regards,
Kai