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Old 9th February 2013, 08:45 PM   #1
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This auction description begs the question: is "bone" the new designation for Ivory ?
Well, it is when you are trying to slip past CITES regulations, but then they do make a point about such materials on the page so they were obviously aware that it is ivory.
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Old 9th February 2013, 09:24 PM   #2
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Beautiful sword, too bad there are not better photos of it.

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Old 9th February 2013, 09:35 PM   #3
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Are these hard to find?
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Are these hard to find?
Yes, especially with a complete pommel like that. To a lot of moro sword collectors, this would be the ultimate piece...
But for $9600.00, that's crazy
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