GUNONG on EBAY

Battara · 19th January 2013, 06:06 PM

Wish I could answer you David. It looks modern (and thus I passed on it) with carabao bone, not horn. Some of the piercing work seems to me to be done much later, although this chasing work is good. Also I usually see bone scabbards like this on newer ones.

As far as the metals are concerned, it looks like copper and either nickel-silver or silver plated copper (also very common). Of course the only way to know for sure is to test the metal........

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19th January 2013, 06:06 PM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	Wish I could answer you David. It looks modern (and thus I passed on it) with carabao bone, not horn. Some of the piercing work seems to me to be done much later, although this chasing work is good. Also I usually see bone scabbards like this on newer ones. As far as the metals are concerned, it looks like copper and either nickel-silver or silver plated copper (also very common). Of course the only way to know for sure is to test the metal........