Kris pommel attachment

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Originally Posted by Interested Party

Are you saying that the pommel was stabilized by a peg on the longitudinal axis at one point in its life?

In my experience...there's usually something like that, yes. Wooden peg, nail... the most unique that I've encountered was a small bone splinter. And it isn't just in Krises, repaired kampilans also have a peg of some sort.