Yes it looks like wood but get a powerful small light and shine it into the object closely... It will illuminate if it is Rhino. The splitting may indicate wood ...

See
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=omani+khanjar #post 87 to see what I mean.
Forum looked at the problem at
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=rhino:shrug:
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Ibrahiim al Balooshi.