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Ames 1860 cutlass construction

They where pinged. The very end was annealed (heat the steel cherry red and let cool slowly, the steel will be soft). You put everything together and pound the steel down, the soft metal mushroom compressing the sword metal holding it together. Standard deal with all pre-industrial revolution swords, same the oriental folk that used bamboo pegs.
 
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