Dear Michael
Being posted to Indonesia, you're lucky to be right where the 'action' is. There's good advice about looking and feeling before buying. As a beginner myself, I've learnt a lot from the forums here.
You might also want to avail yourself of the Ensaiklopedi Keris by Bambang Harsrinuksmo. It's in Bahasa Indonesia with lots of photos and lots of Javanese terminology. I think it's available at Gramedia bookstores.
Re nechesh's comment about keris gonjo iras, you should differentiate between the keris with a line drawn where the ganja is suposed to be (ganja iras) and a keris sold without a ganja (as you descirbed it).
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