Tumbuk lada with Malayan rhino horn handle?

David · 7th June 2020, 02:02 PM

Marius, i am afraid these gentlemen are correct. Your sewar hilt is not rhino. I posted the defining elements of rhino horn structure in my post #8. It's not simply a matter of what you call hair-like structure. That can be found in a lot of horn, which is basically keratin, the same substance that make up human hair. What you need to see in a hilt to identify it as rhino is these tightly packed tubular structures with a dot in the center of each tube.

mariusgmioc · 7th June 2020, 03:57 PM

Well, I learned something new then.

No problem as I did not buy the sewars for having rhino hilts, but because I liked them.

In fact they weren't even advertised as being with rhino hilts. It was my conclusion after seing that hairy/fibrous structure.

Thank you for the very educating information!

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7th June 2020, 02:02 PM	#1
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,281	Marius, i am afraid these gentlemen are correct. Your sewar hilt is not rhino. I posted the defining elements of rhino horn structure in my post #8. It's not simply a matter of what you call hair-like structure. That can be found in a lot of horn, which is basically keratin, the same substance that make up human hair. What you need to see in a hilt to identify it as rhino is these tightly packed tubular structures with a dot in the center of each tube.

7th June 2020, 03:57 PM	#2
mariusgmioc Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Austria Posts: 1,917	Well, I learned something new then. No problem as I did not buy the sewars for having rhino hilts, but because I liked them. In fact they weren't even advertised as being with rhino hilts. It was my conclusion after seing that hairy/fibrous structure. Thank you for the very educating information!