Hilt material

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by Sajen

How does it feel? Very smooth? Walrus. A porous feel? Whalebone. But the stem of the scabbard from my keris which is made from whalebone too is also due patination very smooth. I would need to handle your grip to be sure.

Best regards,
Detlef

Thank you for the Minang keris photos.
It looks like it even has the same 'colour' as my keris hilt.
It feels rather smooth, but as you also say, because of age and patina it feels more smooth now as it did when it was new.

Regards
Maurice