keris made by empu(forged) and keris made from moulding

[Green]

thanks all for v good explanation/discussion. Another follow-up naive question:
Can they make pamors from moulding ? or only pamorless keris can be made from cast/mould ?

[Timo Nieminen]

In principle, you can do pamor (or at least its approximate appearance) on a cast blade. Inlaying after casting, or casting with inserts come to mind as possible methods.

(I see fake Chinese bronze castings with patterns. Easier to do with bronze (probably brass rather than bronze) than with iron/steel.)

[A. G. Maisey]

Chalk & cheese

[Timo Nieminen]

Sure, but so is the comparison between forged keris and cast "keris" in the first place.

I don't think anybody would bother doing a serious pattern on a cast keris. I'd only expect a painted-on pamor, as one sees on some Bali sheet-metal keris (or should we say "imitation keris").

[A. G. Maisey]

Yep.