Well Adam, I'm a cynic.
There is no doubt in my mind that flaws and faults in manufacture are interpreted by both makers and sellers as enhancements --- & I'm not only thinking keris here, nor at remote times in the past.
To anybody who understands forge work & the elements of quality blade work, a flaw such as this is a clear indicator of an incompetent smith.
However, to a salesman --- or maybe even the maker himself if he is doing the selling --- it might be interpreted as the Sure & Certain Hand of God.
Yeah.
Right.
Keris knowledge is mostly keris belief, and very few people now or in the past understand the Black Arts of the Forge.
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