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					Originally Posted by ganjawulung
					
				 
				Dear Shahrial, 
Believe me or not, I got some of these old maduranese mendhaks from collectors who replaced them with Javanese mendhaks, after acquiring new kerises for their collection. Some of them were replaced as a matter of different taste, or ignorance of their values. So, just lucky me... 
I am keeping too, "broken" old mendhaks from friends and collectors. In Jogjakarta (Kota Gede), people still can repair them. Never throw away broken mendhaks... 
			
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 I believe you. Point noted. 
 
By the way, that mendak would make a nice present for my keris.