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Old 22nd January 2011, 04:40 AM   #1
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Old 23rd January 2011, 07:59 PM   #2
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Beautiful carvings....

Here is a more related link I posted recently on another thread that is related:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...9&postcount=11
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Old 23rd January 2011, 08:00 PM   #3
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Specifically this comments by Mark:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...57&postcount=8
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Old 23rd January 2011, 08:11 PM   #4
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Barry, My feeling is that most of these ivory handle carving are Burmese

Here is an interesting article I found online about Ivory carving in Myanmar
http://www.asianart.com/articles/ivory/index.html
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Old 23rd January 2011, 08:33 PM   #5
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Monograph on Ivory Carving in Burma (1901) by Henry Sheldon Pratt

http://ia700306.us.archive.org/25/it...00pratrich.pdf
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Thanks Nathaniel, very helpful.
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Old 26th March 2011, 04:23 AM   #7
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Another question: doe it matter if the hilt is made of ivory or bone?
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