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  1. 05-21-2012, 07:22 PM #1
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    The top one is Sheaf 3/8 wedge, the bottom one is Heljestrand MK 31, so are the scales ivory?
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    The Sheaf is bone and the Helji is Ivory
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    Top=bone

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    The smaller the peen the more likely its ivory from what I have seen from pictures.
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    Definitely ivory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seraphim View Post
    Top=bone

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seraphim View Post
    Top=bone

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    Yep, the give away is the grain pattern in the ivory and the tiny marks that were once channeling for living tissue in the bone.
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    bone & ivory
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