While writing the post above I got the response from the blade maker:
"Colours are so very typical for seacow; the yellow and the fainter brown / yellow are very typical.
The spongiosa is not as it would be with antler; this is bones spongiosa.
The quality of the reflections and polished surface is *absolutely* typical.
I will send you some pictures of hilts I made from seacow ( this was sold as "Stellerīs Seacow) - made from the ribs of those animals.
Yours might be of a different species - anyway, I am absolutely sure. Of course I could be wrong, but this is my favourite bone material, and I happen to know it quite well.
Iīll be back with pictures, gimme a few days..
[...] the material I use is very very old and there are no CITES restrictions, as the Stellerīs Seacow was obliterated in the 1800īs."
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