But I do appreciate why we need to be cynical and questioning, because of the increasing problem of new kerises being aged and passed off as old.
Provenance for this keris is really a question mark. But in a certain way, it was comforting because the previous owner didn't associate the keris with some lofty origins or royal relations, which would have turned me off right away. It was just the keris, where it was attributed to, and his price.
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