Kronckew, I have seen your choora in a previous thread and much like the blade motifs. I have a passion for aesthetic detail such as these. And the holdup wasn't exactly in customs. The auction house provided shipping on their lots. This lot though, they refused to ship through the Royal Mail due to being a "weapon". After winning and quickly paying they then did not answer any of my emails until I finally just called and they explained other methods of international shipping. At that point I did my part and it was here in Pennsylvania in 2 days. As for the scales, if they are of ivory, the auction house did not know. They listed as a "Middle eastern dagger with bone handle" I don't think they even knew exactly what they were selling, just a general ME dagger. As for the general description that they gave, I'm not entirely bought on the bone aspect after seeing it in first person but I could be wrong.
Mariusgmioc, I've located a thread from earlier this year about another choora and the ivory question. As for the rings that you had mentioned, do you think that photos 2 and 3 of this choora could be parallel with 2nd example photo that you have posted in that thread?
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=choora