Balinese/Lombok Keris for comments

[Jean]

Originally Posted by David

Whether or not the blade was re-fitted to this dress was not really important.

I understand David but for me it is important to try to know whether these short blades fitted on Balinese / Lombok krisses are original or not (dealer's montage). They may be older blades as you have suggested, however from memory they do not appear in the large collection of Lombok krisses shown in the Lalu Djelenga books for instance.