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Old 21st March 2009, 08:15 PM   #13
Maurice
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Originally Posted by wilked aka Khun Deng
we soaked the blades we picked up there in coconut vinegar inside a hollowed out bamboo section which really made the lamination POP OUT!
Thank you for posting the photographs... The lamination of your kris indeed looks like the lamination on the upper half of the kampilan blade.



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Originally Posted by Bill Marsh
Back to the original kampilan thread. I wonder if the usual method of attaching hair to the kampilan handle was wood? Or other substances?
In the handle of the kampilan it looks like wooden pegs. It has the same coulour and patin as the handle itself...
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