A real bargain --- maybe.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

G'day Sajen --- and anybody else reading this.

Over the years I have had a lot of these scabbards, I don't know how many, but a lot. Twenty or thirty years ago they were pretty easily obtainable in East Jawa in Surabaya and Malang. I've seen many that I did not buy or that were not for sale. I've tried to estimate the total number I have either seen or owned, and as near as I can figure its probably between 200 and 300.

I have never seen one made of silver.

When I was green I did buy one that was sold to me as silver, and I believed that it was silver until I tested it a long time after I bought it.

I have seen one made of gold. It was reputedly owned by president Sukarno was was offered to me during the 1990's for much more than I could afford.

But I have never seen one made of silver.

Yours may well be silver if it goes black easily, but the only way you will know for sure is by testing it with silver test fluid.

Hello Mr. Maisey,

I will let test it and will report the result at this place.

sajen