Hi Fearn , I would guess so but go easy and test a small area before diving in .
I have also scraped a lot of chairs with a small jack knife that was dull .
You don't want to be taking shavings from the base material .
With the painted hilt I showed earlier in this thread a fingernail will remove the finish . I am just reluctant to do this because I don't know whether the finish was applied by the originating culture or the collector/museum that wound up with it .
As always ; first do no harm .
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