13th October 2010, 08:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dmitry
Not horn, but ebony. Horn wasn't used much, if at all, by the English,for grips on their swords and dirks, at least during the Napoleonic period.
As a matter of fact, ebony-gripped dirks are rarer than the bone/ivory ones.
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Hi Dmitry,
Thanks for the help. Thats the thing, this definately had horn grips.
Hmmm.
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