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|  25th December 2019, 08:27 PM | #7 | 
| EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY 
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			Yes this is how it is indeed done - paint and then carved. Now these triangles are a young plant motif (I forgot the plant it comes from). What I find interesting is the metal clamps on one side of the scabbard keep it together while the other side is an open slit for the blade to slide out. | 
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