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Originally Posted by Dmitry
That's absolutely true, there was no need, but there was a desire and a market. Japanese shakudo-decorated hilts were imported en masse into Europe by the Dutch throughout the 1700s. British imported Indian-made damascened hilts for small-swords. I have also seen a very interesting example made in Vietnam for the European market.
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yes indeed but that was because the shaduko techinique was unknown in europe those days. Casting silver was highly developped here ( Holland)