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Old 8th December 2011, 08:31 AM   #30
Jussi M.
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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
(...) the old style of blade fit was to sit the gonjo proud of the atasan; the more usual fit is to sit the gonjo level with the atasan.

My own observations tend to indicate that in the olden times keris of the aristocracy were mounted in what has been identified as the old way, whilst the keris of commoners were mounted with the gonjo level with the top of the atasan.
Kinatah?

Awesome work by the way

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J.
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