Beautiful keris Charles! And yes, that is indeed unusual pamor. Besides this twisted core it also appears to have a small kul buntet pamor at the base, often considered a royal pamor. Can you supply a close up of the sorsoran area? Hopeful someone more knowledgable on forging technique like Alan can comment on this.
I can speak to some other aspects of this keris. The wrongko style is what is known as gabilan. It features Si Mega, the winged horse that is the regional emblem of Sumenep. The ivory hilt is in the kojuk mrenges form, a slimmer version of donoriko hilts. Can you supply some other angles on this hilt?
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