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long persian dagger / wootz blade ?

9th October 2018, 04:22 PM

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mariusgmioc

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Originally Posted by chiefheadknocker

I have taken a few close up pics of the handle hope this will help decide what its made from

In the photo of the tip of the pommel you can see a very fine & subtle criss-cross structure. Those are the "Schreger Lines" and are characteristic only to elephant and mammouth ivory.

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