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kahnjar1 · 29th November 2012, 08:42 PM

FROM IBRAHIIM POST ABOVE;
Thinking aloud ~I suspected amber(ar. anbar) or composite... ~ It has the colour of Yemeni amber. When it burns (hot pin test) I imagine it is quite pungent. The only other thing I know about amber is that it floats...not a practical test on hilts clad in silver etc.

Ibrahiim...I think you are getting mixed up between Amber and Ambergris. Amber is a tree resin (not sap), and is often found in geologic seams, and Ambergris is from Sperm Whales and does float. Is often found on remote beachs within proximity of whale habitat.

29th November 2012, 08:42 PM	#11
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,786	FROM IBRAHIIM POST ABOVE; Thinking aloud ~I suspected amber(ar. anbar) or composite... ~ It has the colour of Yemeni amber. When it burns (hot pin test) I imagine it is quite pungent. The only other thing I know about amber is that it floats...not a practical test on hilts clad in silver etc. Ibrahiim...I think you are getting mixed up between Amber and Ambergris. Amber is a tree resin (not sap), and is often found in geologic seams, and Ambergris is from Sperm Whales and does float. Is often found on remote beachs within proximity of whale habitat.