Lew,
It's a nice piece. I have one very similar and have often wondered about it's age, i.e 19th or 20th Cent.
Is that an Iv--y ( big long tooth-like object from a certain large mammal) hilt ? If it is, it certainly looks as though it has a lot of age to it.
A friend of mine has recently pointed out that the 19th and 20th centuries are only a couple of minutes apart
So why worry ?
He is not a collector so does not understand these things.
I have seen them listed as both and as they must have been made over quite a long period I think it would be almost impossible to tell without real provenance, which I do not have for mine.
Regards
Royston