PALEMBANG HILT AND KERIS

A. G. Maisey · 27th May 2010, 12:00 AM

You're a braver man than I am Jean.

In respect of pesi expansion causing a crack in the hilt:-

over a + 50 year period I have removed more hilts than I can remember from various types of blades, certainly the number of hilts I have removed would be somewhere in the hundreds. When I am at home I use a propane torch to heat the blade, when I am in Jawa I use either a candle or a small kerosene lamp. Removal of a hilt is something that I do as a very simple and basic operation that requires no thought and no interruption to work flow.
Never, ever, have I had a hilt crack during removal because of heat expansion.

I would not recommend any inexperienced person to use a propane torch.

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27th May 2010, 12:00 AM	#22
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,048	You're a braver man than I am Jean. In respect of pesi expansion causing a crack in the hilt:- over a + 50 year period I have removed more hilts than I can remember from various types of blades, certainly the number of hilts I have removed would be somewhere in the hundreds. When I am at home I use a propane torch to heat the blade, when I am in Jawa I use either a candle or a small kerosene lamp. Removal of a hilt is something that I do as a very simple and basic operation that requires no thought and no interruption to work flow. Never, ever, have I had a hilt crack during removal because of heat expansion. I would not recommend any inexperienced person to use a propane torch.