A very nice keris, Paul!
Have you contemplated to have it stained? I'm sure the blade would greatly benefit from some warangan!
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The odd thing is the hole through the ganja at the head. There is a corresponding hole drilled into the blade aligned to the hole in the ganja. Its like there was a peg to keep the ganja fixed to the blade. Not surprisingly, the ganja is loose and can be removed.
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It seems to be a fairly old blade - a loose pesi would be rather the norm than the exception here...
I cannot believe the hole was made on Java to fix the gonjo; OTOH, former owners are on record to have done some dumb things to keris...
Anyway, I can't think of any more plausible reason for this hole, sorry.
Regards,
Kai