Sundang and kampilan for comment

Gavin Nugent · 7th August 2014, 03:45 PM

Hi Drac2k

These Kampilans are quite simple in there manufacture.
The grip and pommel is a separate piece of timber from the guard and they are typically pinned with a single pin mid way through the grip.

I'd say the pin perhaps rusted through or was removed/fell out after the rattan binding wore through and was just reassembled incorrectly at the time.

A simple thing to reverse and rebind correctly.

7th August 2014, 03:45 PM	#23
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Hi Drac2k These Kampilans are quite simple in there manufacture. The grip and pommel is a separate piece of timber from the guard and they are typically pinned with a single pin mid way through the grip. I'd say the pin perhaps rusted through or was removed/fell out after the rattan binding wore through and was just reassembled incorrectly at the time. A simple thing to reverse and rebind correctly.