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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2744996, member: 2844"]That can be very difficult to tell. You will rarely see traces of metal and hopefully never glue. Although I could tell you stories....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>In the case of your hilt you can see pitting around the hole where a hilt ring would have been.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie97" alt=":watching:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This Madurese keris was kind enough to show you why you won't see traces of how it was mounted, or that it was ever mounted. The tang of the keris is wrapped with cloth, in this case black cloth and some thick cotton thread for the extra grip. The hilt is simply pushed over it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]277815[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2744996, member: 2844"]That can be very difficult to tell. You will rarely see traces of metal and hopefully never glue. Although I could tell you stories....:banghead: In the case of your hilt you can see pitting around the hole where a hilt ring would have been.:watching: This Madurese keris was kind enough to show you why you won't see traces of how it was mounted, or that it was ever mounted. The tang of the keris is wrapped with cloth, in this case black cloth and some thick cotton thread for the extra grip. The hilt is simply pushed over it. [ATTACH=full]277815[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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