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Sajen · 28th August 2015, 08:49 PM

I am still not confident that the front plates of the scabbard worked from tortoise shell, to my eyes it look like water buffalo horn. And the asang-asang could be from low grade silver with copper content, this stuff get also this verdrigis (oxidation). This can be polished away with every sort of metal polish. But like said, I could be wrong.

28th August 2015, 08:49 PM	#18
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 8,510	I am still not confident that the front plates of the scabbard worked from tortoise shell, to my eyes it look like water buffalo horn. And the asang-asang could be from low grade silver with copper content, this stuff get also this verdrigis (oxidation). This can be polished away with every sort of metal polish. But like said, I could be wrong.