Tibetan sword: real?????

josh stout · 14th June 2007, 04:12 PM

Thanks for the tip. Metal does not scratch the stone. It also looks like the stone might have been recycled from something else as it has a hole in the center for attachment, but there is nothing in the hole.
Josh

spiral · 16th June 2007, 05:44 PM

Its certanly carnelian then. Re. the drilled hole carnelian necklaces are very common throughout the Himalayas, {often sold as coral of course!

}

I think old beads are often the source of the inlay on Himalayen weapons, sometimes they put a pin , nail or rivit through them sometimes, to hold them in place & sometimes just to hide or fill the hole.

Spiral

14th June 2007, 04:12 PM	#1
josh stout Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 407	Thanks for the tip. Metal does not scratch the stone. It also looks like the stone might have been recycled from something else as it has a hole in the center for attachment, but there is nothing in the hole. Josh

16th June 2007, 05:44 PM	#2
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Its certanly carnelian then. Re. the drilled hole carnelian necklaces are very common throughout the Himalayas, {often sold as coral of course! } I think old beads are often the source of the inlay on Himalayen weapons, sometimes they put a pin , nail or rivit through them sometimes, to hold them in place & sometimes just to hide or fill the hole. Spiral