Yes, you can get a whole string of strange looking words with little lines connecting to different parts of the scabbard. They confuse me, and I know them all backwards, I hate to think what they look like to somebody who is a new comer to this game.
Same thing with the keris itself.
In my opinion its perfectly OK to use English to talk about these things, the usual words that are used in other languages can come later, if one develops a continuing interest.
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