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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
With the collapse of Majapahit, the pandes of Majapahit migrated principally to Bali, and the original nature of the keris was preserved for a very lengthy period. It is difficult now to know just how long it was preserved, but it may have been an element of Balinese belief up until the Klungkung Puputan. Regrettably the old Balinese belief systems surrounding the keris seem to have been forgotten. Tattered remnants are all that remain of the beliefs of the classical periods of Javanese history.
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Interesting, if all that remains is tattered remnants it could be argued that a "real" keris has not been produced for some time?
It would follow that the only "real" keris today are antique ones