I have a Sumatran Keris, which has an older wooden Pendokok-like object between blade and hilt. They have been together for some time, it is too small yet it embraces the Bungkul of hilt well, but that object likely is an emergency solution. As the blade has a very special Pamor and is well done for a Sumatran Bugis style blade, the original Pendokok may have had some value by itself.
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