Jean, i also did not state that 21 luk blades from Jawa do not exist. I said they were "high unusual", which i believe they are, no?
But i will side with Alan on the rest. As i stated from the beginning, this keris just doesn't sit right with me as a true Javanese keris. The person who carved the ricikan does not seem to understand what they were trying to achieve. It appears like they were copying something that they did not have full knowledge of. Likewise with the hilt.
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