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Originally Posted by auk

...last week i had a dream and remember the word bandung there was a man that told me to write down some words in indonesian but i cant remember it just bandung.

The only "bandung" I know -- in relation to keris -- is pamor "sumur bandung". Oval rings of pamor (blank or black in the center of the oval rings), from sor-soran (base) to top of the blade. But I don't think that your keris has sumur bandung pamor.

From the form of sogokan, the "garap" (work) of the other details, and also the overall appearance, I assume (speculative, not possible to make sure only based on photos...) that this is not a recent keris.

Good Naga Siluman luk 5 (there are Naga Siluman luk 7, 9 and 11 too with the similar "ricikan" but different numbers of luks). With "kelap lintah" (double curves) ganja, and "lazy" luks -- javanese call this kind of luks, as "luk kemba" for the contrary of "luk rengkol" -- more wavy luks. The keris has good jogjanese hilt too, and also very good old gayaman warangka. But I think, you need to replace the "banyumas" style (West-central Java) pendhok with Jogjanese pendhok. It would look much much more attractive...