Tibetan sword: real?????

[spiral]

Its certanly carnelian then. Re. the drilled hole carnelian necklaces are very common throughout the Himalayas, {often sold as coral of course! }

I think old beads are often the source of the inlay on Himalayen weapons, sometimes they put a pin , nail or rivit through them sometimes, to hold them in place & sometimes just to hide or fill the hole.

Spiral