Thank you for the explanation Alan. I guess that ricikan will be a mystery forever.
One Javanese keris that I had thought to have a faint resemblance of pandai saras keris is this pesisir from kris disk dated 1690. The resemblance is stronger at the sosoran, but the way the blade tapers to the tip is different. I agree with you that along with the current belief of Mojo origin, there is a possibility that these type of keris is relatively recent.
I guess the only way to estimate the time period for these keris is by identifying it’s material. But I am clueless in this area.
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