from private collection

[satsujinken]

Originally Posted by Jean

Part of his collection is shown in the book "Keris dan senjata pusaka bahari" which I bought recently.

he said to me that collecting sumatran and bugis keris is much easier than javanese keris

why ? because nobody copying old sumatran / bugis keris, whereas we know there are empus in Sumenep specializing in make putran blade, which almost indistinguishable from the originals

they even managed to age the blade so it looked old and it was very difficult for beginners to spot it