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			Nice Kard, Galvano, 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	The blade does show a Damascus pattern. I also think it is wootz (crystalline perhaps), or even low contrast sham wootz. An etching could develop a pattern slightly better. The hilt is ivory/walrus ivory(?).  | 
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