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Old 11th November 2008, 08:55 PM   #17
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Fall of Malacca to the Portuguese, 1511 ...

Staining ??

Nah, I suspect that if a Portuguese comissioned a sword from a local smith he would have given him superior European steel to work with; not that local crap what passes for metal .
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