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"Armour Piercing Keris" ???

22nd December 2016, 02:15 PM

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David

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Quote:

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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