Tactical keris

[sjors]

Gentlemen, thank you for your detailed answers,

It was certainly not my intention to start a discussion about the question: "What is good or bad, art or not or what is beautifull" because simply I'm not in the position to judge them but rather the question: "Can we still consider this kind as a real keris or simply as tourist stuff or can they be both?" (It was really puzzling me)

This kind of keris are offered very regular in the Netherlands (concidering our history: most of them were souvenirs brought home by Dutch soldiers in the late forties, early fifties)) and I was wondering about the combination of these roughly made wrangka and ukiran with old (maybe worn) but real blades.

Another question is why there are offered so many of these "Madurese" type kerisses in the Netherlands, considering the fact that most soldiers were stationed on the island of Java?