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			The sword shown is not a pattisa blade, or it would have been changed quite a lot. It is generally accepted that these brass/gold filled holes are of talismanic significance.
 One other thing, which I can mention is, that these filled 'holes' are far bigger than the holes for rivets.
 You may have a theory about these holes, but I stick to what I have written.
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