Ron,
Another gorgeous blade! I am wondering though if both the hilt and cording is not later to the blade, though not necessarily anything like new.
The quality of the blade just doesn't match up to the rest. I would expect a much more delicately carved hilt and a better stabilizing ferrule/s than cording. I wonder if the blade was simply remounted at a later date, perhaps early to mid 20th century. Just a thought...surely we will never know.
Is the unusual cording lacquered??...looks to be in the pics.
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