A reminder of the African Giraffe head horn of the male of (the endangered)species. (A.K.A. Zraf Hindi translatable as Rhino/Giraffe of India) This hilt not of silver plate but of thousands of tiny individual hammered in silver nails giving a heavyweight feel to this hilt. It was my view that this pinning decoration mimicked the grain of Rhino Horn when viewed from the pommel end under sharp torchlight... This colour of giraffe horn is very light almost olive and can vary up to a dense dark brown shade...occasionally streaked through with light bands. Please see #318 above.
