This is a fairly common problem, and there are several ways it can be fixed.
The most usual method is to make a small metal cone that fits neatly over the stub of the pesi, fill this cone with jabung, heat the stub of the pesi, and push it into place.
As Lemmy suggests, you can gas or electric weld an extension to the tang and re-file it, but the problem with this method is that apart from adding something new to the body of the keris, which some purists do not like, it often requires that the blade be re-stained after it. It is best to remove the gonjo before you do this, and refit later.
If the stub is too short, even with the gonjo removed, to allow a weld repair, you can drill a hole into the base of the blade, and shrink fit a new pesi, then refit the gonjo.
No blade with a damaged pesi cannot be repaired.
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