Hi Gustav,
My understanding, the adeg is not welded on. This is the best picture that I can get from my Samsung.
From the village, the sampir was painted black like this so I cleaned it up and bring back the original wood colour. (the Bugis rongko is another success project as well)
I don't understand their purpose, some other areas in Sumatra is painted red colour.
My best guess, they want to hide the keris or specific culture in their society?
May be others can have other opinion
Thank you