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Old 19th April 2008, 07:24 PM   #1
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Default Keris with strange ( to me ) blade

Please help here,
This is a small keris i have just bought.
Its 8 inches blade has a strange particularity; instead of having its sides regularly plane it has, how to say, some hollows or waves . The edges are almost not afected by this efect ... the hollows are more noticeable in the middle, like some deformable material you mould by pressing your thumb upon.
I hope this is visible in the pictures, as i wouldn't know how to put it in a propper english .
Seller has dated the blade XVI century and the handle XIX century.
I would be much obliged for your coments, namely on the blade typology, attributed age plausibility, and whatever you kindly offer from your knowledge.
Fernando
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