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			knife of the Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina 
		
		
		
			It measures 28 cm long, the blade16,5 cm the handle is in ivory can translate you the inscriptions on the blade the comments are welcome  | 
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 very interesting knife, in good condition the translation gave; - AMAL HUSSEIN either MADE BY HUSSEIN - SANA 1295 (H.) either YEAR 1877 (A.C.) all the best à + Dom  | 
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 Merry Christmas and happy new year  | 
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			Hello, can somebody comment on the handle material? Iwas telling somebody before that this is marine ivory and he didnt believed me!
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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 antoine  | 
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   à + Dom  | 
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			Looks like ivory to me not plastic or bone. On higher classes of these knives I think.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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   nobody   but, there are several kind of "ivory"   - elephant - fossil from mammoth, after the banning of elephant ivory in 1999, fossil ivory became much in demand as an alternative medium to elephant ivory - walrus tusk ivory comes from two modified upper canines. The folk art of walrus ivory carving has been popular in European Russia since the Middle Ages it's this "ivory" we have mentioned   à + Dom  | 
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