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Over a thousand pounds of Walrus Ivory was confiscated as contraband by the Alaskan Authorities last week in one raid .... not fossil .
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![]() Mines fine (not Walrus either, remember Gav showed us the difference) So stop trying to make me paranoid. ![]() Last edited by Atlantia; 3rd May 2011 at 04:13 PM. |
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Lovely Omani Khanjar full of patina. Its comes from Sur the famous seafaring town south down the coast from Muscat.. 1950 or near. See my thread about scabbard making as that was in Sur. I may be imagining it but there is some arabic on the head of the hilt? Undecipherable possibly dated? Omani Khanjars do occasionally have "Fils" or elephant tusk hilts but being a seafaring town Sur would have some made with Walrus. They occasionally use the same material on Yemeni hilts. The Khanjar has nice Mulberry Fruit on the crown.. a common tree in Oman. The buckle is fine and it is interesting that the silver makers used to use cuttlefish shells to cast the clasp then refinish after. This Khanjar is a very nice example ! ![]() |
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Excellent information, thank you very much Ibrahiim. |
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![]() Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 15th May 2011 at 07:57 AM. Reason: small changes and additions |
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Sorry, I thought that was what you were saying in the last post, that some are Walrus, but this one is Elephant? ![]() LOL, yes, definately not Walrus. Thanks again Best Gene |
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