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Originally Posted by David
I agree with what Alan said about trying to judge this keris before it is properly cleaned and stained. I suggest you post more photos once you get the blade back after Warangan treatment.
The hilt that you show is very nice, made of select wood. But I am also having trouble placing this as definitely being a Javanese blade. Hopefully we can tell more after warangan.
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Thank you, I will certainly come back after the blade gets back to me (perhaps even earlier if the expert is sending me any pictures, he usually does, he is very very nice showing videos of the process too).
I would actually be even more thrilled to discover that this blade isn’t Javanese that if it would be, because really most krisses here are Javanese then at quite a distance you find Balinese and even scarcer Buginese. The Palembang kris that I have acquired is pretty rare (at least these days) here in the NL.