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					Originally Posted by drac2k
					
				 
				I can't disagree with anything you say except the eyelets on the scabbard could be plastic, but I think they are bone and purely for ornamentation; . 
			
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 Bone wont do that job, in that manner at those dimesions, so there clearly plastic.  Good close up photos would prove it though.
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					Originally Posted by Shakethetrees
					
				 
				Now that I think of it, this "over and under" method of construction was used on pistol holsters from Mexico during the early 20th century.. 
			
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					Originally Posted by drac2k
					
				 
				Very interesting ; was this strictly 19th Century Mexican or also Colonial Spanish ? 
			
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 Where did 19 th century come from on this detail?  
 
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