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A. G. Maisey · 11th April 2010, 01:17 PM

Henk, you're a better man than me.

I simply cannot tell with any certainty the quality of the wood in chregu's scabbard.

What I can see is a reasonably close grained wood that supports a reasonably fine carving pattern, the scabbard is old, but the pattern of the carving has not collapsed; the wood looks as if it has been stained black, but the area on the hilt where it has worn through seems to have a reddish colour, so it is possible that this wood might be sawo, which does have similar grain and support characteristics, if it is sawo, it is not a low quality wood, but quite a respectable wood.

If the wood has not been stained black, it might be sono--- but it doesn't really look like sono---and again, sono is a decent wood.

Since you have been able to detect that this is a low quality wood, could you please tell us how you were able to know this from the photos.

Thanks.

11th April 2010, 01:17 PM	#14
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,762	Henk, you're a better man than me. I simply cannot tell with any certainty the quality of the wood in chregu's scabbard. What I can see is a reasonably close grained wood that supports a reasonably fine carving pattern, the scabbard is old, but the pattern of the carving has not collapsed; the wood looks as if it has been stained black, but the area on the hilt where it has worn through seems to have a reddish colour, so it is possible that this wood might be sawo, which does have similar grain and support characteristics, if it is sawo, it is not a low quality wood, but quite a respectable wood. If the wood has not been stained black, it might be sono--- but it doesn't really look like sono---and again, sono is a decent wood. Since you have been able to detect that this is a low quality wood, could you please tell us how you were able to know this from the photos. Thanks.