Keris gamble, fingers crossed?

Tim Simmons · 9th April 2007, 06:52 PM

The blade is lovely. It seems to have had a hard life in the hands of a previous owner. I can see the problem, the hole in the handle is just to large. So the resort to glue. The picture looking up the tang shows that it is all stuffed up with muck which is easier to see in the flesh. The tang being so short and tapered it really needs a new handle.
I have put more glue muck in the handle but still cannot get acceptable pressure on the tang with such a large hole.

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9th April 2007, 06:52 PM	#8
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	The blade is lovely. It seems to have had a hard life in the hands of a previous owner. I can see the problem, the hole in the handle is just to large. So the resort to glue. The picture looking up the tang shows that it is all stuffed up with muck which is easier to see in the flesh. The tang being so short and tapered it really needs a new handle. I have put more glue muck in the handle but still cannot get acceptable pressure on the tang with such a large hole.