Bulu ayam is as good a name as any for the pamor. Chicken feathers.
There are other names, I've given an East Jawa name, there might be a Bali name, but off the top of my head I can't think of it.
If my Lombok guess is correct we could probably give age as 1850-1940, if I'm wrong and it is current era Sumenep production I'd say 1985-2000.
It could be quite difficult to get a nice bondolan hilt with a bit of age, and if truly old, expect unreasonably expensive. I don't do ebay, but I'd guess that consistent trawling of that site would eventually get you something.
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