A nice kaskara

[Kubur]

Originally Posted by Iain

Have any images? I'm always happy to be wrong and certainly unusual ≠ 'fake' necessarily. But I'm a natural skeptic. certainly the hilt is not 'new' but i think the blade and cross guard pre date it.

I quite like the blade and it looks to display well. Certainly worth more research. Bits on the hilt look to be shell?

it should be mother-of-pearl
let me look if i find some pictures...

[Iain]

Originally Posted by Kubur

it should be mother-of-pearl
let me look if i find some pictures...

Thanks, on another look at the pictures I think I see a ricasso at the base of the blade as well...