Khyber Knife / Hilt Material?

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by taube

Thanks everybody!
There is obviouisly a biological aspect with collecting blades.
Need to brush up my knowledge here, it seems.

From what I read, bone should smell like burnt hair when touched with a hot needle.
Ivory is supposed to be neutral in smell?

Taube,

Do save yourself hot needle tests, there is more than enough knowledge here to ID hilt types. I think goat bone would have been more common than camel.

Gavin