Chris, all the silver work I have seen on tulwars has been pressed into very fine engraved criss-cross lines (Khoftgari work). None of it was raised in the fashion shown on the hilt of your sword. Silver is soft and will wear easily (much more readily than iron). Areas with barely visible silver work is the norm for older pieces that have been used (as opposed to stuck away somewhere out of harms way). Other areas of the hilt show more typical wear and loss of silver.
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