I simply cannot see enough Gustav, & I try my best to avoid guessing, because too many people take one of my guesses as an opinion, & I ordinarily do not give opinions unless I can can support those opinions.
It is difficult enough to try to classify keris from photos on a screen, in a photo about all we have is an outline, which because of camera position is often not real accurate. We cannot rely on the colour that we see, we cannot feel the material, we cannot feel the perceived weight & balance, there is absolutely no feedback from the keris itself.
In a determination of blade origin, the gonjo plays a very, very important role. The gonjo on this keris has been replaced, so it is useless to request an image of the top of the gonjo. Trying to classify this keris is similar to trying to read an official document that has been redacted:- we can see a little bit of the text, but not nearly enough to make sense of what it means.
Even when I do give an opinion from a screen image I more often than not will qualify that opinion.
You might say I'm a bit risk averse.
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