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EAAF Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 7,345
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All I can add to this is the metal work method. The gold is not inlay but an old process of mercury gilding. At one time whole sections of the hilt had a layer of gold but had been worn off, like in these raised sections without gold.
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