hilt for comment

A. G. Maisey · 1st December 2013, 12:31 PM

Jean, I'm not as clever as a lot of people seem to be when it comes to identifying materials on the basis of a picture on my monitor.

I need to have the item in my hand, and more often than not, a 3X loupe screwed into my eye.

I'm sorry, but I'm not even going to have a punt of what your hilts may or may not be. Even with an item in my hand, on a couple of occasions I have very nearly purchase synthetic material as ivory, only my extreme caution and examination under magnification in good sunlight saved me. Name material from a screen pic? No thanks. Sorry.

1st December 2013, 12:31 PM	#14
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,989	Jean, I'm not as clever as a lot of people seem to be when it comes to identifying materials on the basis of a picture on my monitor. I need to have the item in my hand, and more often than not, a 3X loupe screwed into my eye. I'm sorry, but I'm not even going to have a punt of what your hilts may or may not be. Even with an item in my hand, on a couple of occasions I have very nearly purchase synthetic material as ivory, only my extreme caution and examination under magnification in good sunlight saved me. Name material from a screen pic? No thanks. Sorry.