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Originally Posted by Gustav
A couple of pictures - two of the original Keris from auction house in France, before being cleaned. As we see, the scabbard is a perfect fit, contrary to the remark "The wrongko does not appear to be original to the blade".
Also two pictures of a blade, which was auctioned in UK about ten years ago. I would say, both blades are stylistically very close.
Regarding the fluted body - the idea of it comes from an Majapahit architectural element, which does live forth in Pasisir hilts. The original thought of this architectural element quite possibly is banyan tree trunk. The meaning of hilt and related Pasisir hilts thus could be a spiritual entity, which resides in a banyan tree - a very common idea in Indonesia.
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That keris from the UK was brought back to Indonesia a few years ago and there is a very detailed video of the blade, now rebranded as "mangkunegaran" in youtube:
https://youtu.be/lHOYnG0A_eU at 16:20
Another keris with ricikan similar to mine once belonged to Sultan Tjakradiningrat II of Bangkalan. It was presented to him by the company for assisting in the suppression of a rebellion in Cirebon. Like mine, the blade juts out slightly from the warangka.