THE POMMEL IS INDEED VERY ELEPHANT LIKE BUT THE SCALES ON THE GRIP WHICH WOULD BE THE BODY OF THE BEAST ELIMINATE GANESH. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT A MAKERA BUT IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE HEAD SOMETIMES LOOKS ELEPHANT LIKE AND AT OTHERS LOOKS LION LIKE. PERHAPS THE SEA SERPENT WITH THE LION HEAD THAT REPRESENTS SINGAPORE IS A MAKARA
NICE LOOKING DAGGER MUCH COOLER THAN A WOOD CHISEL