Yes David, I reversed it --- intentionally.
If I had not reversed it it would be back to front, and impossible to properly view.
You see, when you learn all this tangguh and appraisal stuff, you develop something like a set of templates in your mind, so that in order to look at a keris and form any sort of supportable opinion you measure the image against the template that is in your mind.
What I did with the original image was to manipulate it into an orientation where a proper assessment could be made.
In fact, I often do this with published images of keris before I give an opinion, but I have not previously published or explained this.
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