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Originally Posted by manteris1
no marks, nice horn collar, very heavy blade and sharp, i think its from india what do you all think.................jimmy
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What type of horn is it?? (I have seen cow horn used as the ferrule on European billhooks - but I thought in India that the cow was sacred, so unlikely they woud have used its horn for tools). Buffalo (water) tends to be solid, but other types of horn - goat, sheep and some types of deer antler have hollow sections...
Identifying the origins of this only emphasises the need for provenance with a tool as certain tools are generic and found in many continents and countries..
I have built up an archive collection of several thousand images, and have over 6000 billhooks - yet I cannot identify the origins of this one with any degeree of certainty....