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Old 25th October 2013, 08:10 PM   #10
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Hello Detlef,
If you start counting the luks from the first concave one above the gandik I wonder how you can find 7 luks on the first blade? However for the other one I admit that the 13th luk can be interpreted although it is not clearly visible.
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I agree Jean. By the "contemporary" method of counting i would interpret the new keris as 13. It is true that it does not make a full swing to the front of the blade at the top, but it also doesn't point back. So given that even numbered keris are generally not acknowledged by ahli keris i would lean towards the odd alternative. Your old keris appears presently as 6, but could have easily have lost a luk through either time or intention.
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