ah haha... looks like i've no trouble to find a home for this one should i decide to part with it!
i'm however rather struck by a very strong opinion of Mr Maisey's about the standard and quality of this keris. i'm in no way to judge it myself as i'm absolutely ignorant about the finer details of keris blades.
what attracts me to this in the first place is the big old ivory hilt which i still don't know what 'basket' it belongs to. looks like it may be a mongrel just like the blade. not that i worry about it too much...and the mendak/pendokok... gold, brass etc... i still don't have a definitive clue.
one thing for sure is, taking Alan's and others' suggestion , next week i'll get the local MALAY peninsular malaysia sarong/scabbard maker to make a palembang sarung for this... unless he has a very strong opinion other wise...and further reinforcing the mongrel-ness of this keris!