The basics of keris understanding?

[Jussi M.]

Greetings,

Thanks Mr. Rick and Mr. Ganjawulung. As to where to begin I´d say it is best to begin from the beginning, pun intended. That´ll be India or if you will the first verifiably known specimen found in the island of Java. Not West Java. Not East Java. Java as a the whole island. Now we need few boundaries for this if we want to proceed on a fruitful manner. Therefore I propose we work from the widely accepted facts first and concentrate on the more questionable or less known artifacts later. I know this can be understood on a pretty wide scope but it is the principle on which I propose we should begin our study with.

I further propose the following method of work: Please identify

1) keris
2) time
3) place
4) argumentation for the 3 above being true

Of course other methods are to be prioritized will they provide more sense.

Thanks,