All of the keris makers of the modern era whom I know or know of use modern tools & electric tools for the bench work involved in making a keris.
They are creating art and the current perception is that the end justifies the means.
Keris cost less to make now than they used to cost when traditional tools were used, & this is simply because using the old traditional tools it took a lot longer to do the work.
My teacher, Empu Suparman, used only the traditional tools. I have those tools and they are very simple hand tools.
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