Keris lurus for comment and discussion

[jagabuwana]

Hi all,

Picked this up today, which is the first keris in my possession, and what may form the beginning of a modest collection.

• From what I can tell, it is dhapur brojol
• Quite long at around 45cm in length
• Blade labeled as "Javanese" in the antique shop. Though a hunch (which may be a worthless hunch, given my limited knowledge ) tells me it is not. Sumatran came to mind.
• The mendak is quite loose and looks like it's been squashed or kinda mangled. Are they supposed to rotate loosely or be quite firmly fitted?
• It wasn't sold with a sheath. Does anyone know much about the hulu? I thought it was Cirebon at first but now I think it might be quite recent work or modern motifs

I may be way off, but as always in here, happy to be wrong in the way of learning.

Cheers,

Novan