Ethiopian swords

[Yannis]

Well, I do not insist. I checked my rhino horns and their fiber structure is obvious than this.

Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES

Lastly considering there were probably tens of thousands of these swords made over the years the hilts would have to have been made from a more accessible and plentiful source such as cattle horn there just was not enough rhinos around to fill the bill.
Lew

They were thousands of Rhinoceros that died the last 200 years mainly because their horns were demanded for sword and dagger hilts. The species threatened with extinction for this reason. And every horn makes lot of hilts. But we do not see so often antique rhino hilt in the market. They are rather rare.

As for the ouzo, you are all welcome for a drink with me, but I prefer raki.