Thank you for your clarification, Semar.
As has often been stated in this Forum, it is extremely difficult to provide a supportable opinion on tangguh from even the very best and most comprehensive set of photographs.
However, having said that, I am more than prepared to state unequivocally that this blade does not resemble in even the smallest degree any blade that I would recognise as a candidate for classification as Majapahit.
I will go further, and state that it also does resemble in any way, any tangguh classification that I would recognise as possibly pre-dating Majapahit.
I will allow that it could perhaps come from the geographical location of Majapahit, ie , East Jawa, but at a much later date than the date which we associate with Majapahit, ie, pre 1525.
Still, tangguh is only an opinion, and we all have opinions that are inevitably based upon either our knowledge and experience, or perhaps our integrity. Others can accept or reject an opinion as it suits them.
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