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COYOTE · 5th January 2016, 06:23 AM

The striations, small parallel lines visible all over the hilt, are the "scars" of the blood vessels when the bone was alive, part of a living creature.
In my opinion, this is the most important and reliable criterion to classify this material as bone.

5th January 2016, 06:23 AM	#11
COYOTE Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Posts: 27	Bone, 100% The striations, small parallel lines visible all over the hilt, are the "scars" of the blood vessels when the bone was alive, part of a living creature. In my opinion, this is the most important and reliable criterion to classify this material as bone.