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Bill M · 11th June 2008, 02:06 PM

Hi Maurice,

The pins in mine are wood or horn.

The hilt is two pieces and then joined together. I suppose that there is a big flat pin (we call them "biscuits" in woodworking) that originates in the smaller side and then terminates inside the larger side where the pins are inserted.

This would hold the two pieces of the hilt together. This would make sense as they might not have a piece of horn big enough to make a one piece hilt.

I have another sword from the same area that has identical pin arrangement.

The pins on both of these go all the way through.

Does that help?

11th June 2008, 02:06 PM	#11
Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	Hi Maurice, The pins in mine are wood or horn. The hilt is two pieces and then joined together. I suppose that there is a big flat pin (we call them "biscuits" in woodworking) that originates in the smaller side and then terminates inside the larger side where the pins are inserted. This would hold the two pieces of the hilt together. This would make sense as they might not have a piece of horn big enough to make a one piece hilt. I have another sword from the same area that has identical pin arrangement. The pins on both of these go all the way through. Does that help? Last edited by Bill Marsh; 11th June 2008 at 02:51 PM.