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Originally Posted by Gustav
David, may I ask you, which features of a "typical" anak alang this keris is lacking?
Also it seems to me, there are genuine old Malay blades, which are originally stained, including also blades with no pamor.
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Frankly Gustav, i don't believe i have ever seen a anak alang with a center ridge (ada-ada) down the blade like this. To my understanding the profile of this dhapur looks more like this blade that Big G posted some time back. Note the profile, the thinner "waist" as it approaches the base of the blade, the "C" indentation in the gandik.
Whether or not peninsula blades are stained has been an unanswered debate on this forum for some time. I would love to hear something more definite about what the actual traditions are, but have yet to see anything i would call conclusive.
