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Originally Posted by estcrh
Here is another one with a horse head hilt, this one though is described as being cast, I think the lion head one may be cast as well, there seems to be a what could be a casting line on it (red arrrows).
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Of course it is originally cast. Almost all metallic hilts are first cast in a raw shape, then chiseled to give them the final detailed shape.
They are definitely not chiseled directly from a raw iron ingot.
And one of the easiest things to do is to polish off the casting line.