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Old 22nd December 2016, 02:15 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
The metuk of a tombak is mechanically fixed in place, not welded.
Thanks Alan. I neither own, nor have yet to personally handle a tombak or blade with a metuk, so i have no first hand experience. The welded comment was simply an off hand remark to suggest that it was indeed "fixed in place". Is this done with a pinning technique of some sort?
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