A foundation for examining the quality of a keris blade

[kai]

Hello Alan,

in broad terms, low end would have been something like a Tuban wengkon in Jogja timoho with mamas, high end would have been Kinom , probably in new Solo wrongko with silver. Both blades would have been in a good state of preservation.

So these would start in the price range of a smaller 2nd hand car (in good state of preservation )?

BTW, what's the concept of an "old" keris (blade) in Jawa?

A Javanese gentleman with considerable experience in keris would recognise what they were. A western collector , even one with 30 or 40 years of experience in keris, all or most of it obtained in the western world, would only see some rather unremarkable old blades.

So this boils down to wether one has a firm understanding of the tangguh system or not?

Regards,
Kai