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Battara · 19th August 2006, 09:20 PM

I was wondering, is it consensus that the holes had silver in them and they were taken out due to sell them off, or were the holes there not to be filled in all the time. On some of the older complete pieces I have noticed that the holes are filled in with silver. Later PI restorers fill them in with brass (as Ian once mentioned, a 20thc practice). Hopefully this topic is not "deja vous all over again".

19th August 2006, 09:20 PM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	holes in Moro kris and kampilan I was wondering, is it consensus that the holes had silver in them and they were taken out due to sell them off, or were the holes there not to be filled in all the time. On some of the older complete pieces I have noticed that the holes are filled in with silver. Later PI restorers fill them in with brass (as Ian once mentioned, a 20thc practice). Hopefully this topic is not "deja vous all over again".