Rajah Kalacakra Keris

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Hi all

I admit this is a keris for sale but in closed circle here in Indonesia, and this post has no intention whatsoever to boost sales or anything else

but what I am interested to discuss is not where and how (and I will keep my mouth shut about it) but about the kinatah

this particular blade got additional kinatah during its lifetime - I only seen another keris like this, called Rajah Kalacakra

yea, I mean the scorpion - shaped carvings on the blade

I only ever seen similar carvings on another blade, which significantly better quality than our sample here.

the story goes that the owner got his keris as heritage from his grandfather, who got it from his grandfather. The said keris was born plain, but since his great great grandfather fought well in a battle against the foreigner, the Sultan requested that his keris were carved with scorpions and decorated with gold as symbol of bravery and citation from the king (kinda like medal of honor, I presume)

my question is, since I never found similar reference, is it correct ?
or perhaps there's another motifs on why there's another carving added later to the blade ?

thank you
Donny