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Originally Posted by Drabant1701
Here are some pictures from the restoration. As you can see it was in quite bad shape. Im not sure if it was rhino horn or something else. There was a cloth ribbon (?) wraped around it it was probably red long ago I dyed it grey and put it back.
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Hello Drabant,
thank you for showing the pictures. The hilt is rhino horn. After I bought some examples of water buffalo horn, I decided to make the new hilt from old grenadilla hardwood.
I cannot share the opinion of some collectors, to leave it as it is.
It is the same for me like a good Oldtimer car. After restoration most Oldtimers are better than ever before.
Another important reason, without a restoration this blade will more and more corrode and in 100 years or so it is just a lost piece of rust and dirt.
I will keep the old handle and pins and store it carefully. So it is no problem, to set the sword back to its current state.
Roland