Musk ox horn for hidden tangs to folders

All of the answers are good ones, and some of them are actually candidates for having been one of the possible materials.

Here's a clue.
A research paper was written by an English Professor of anthropology at the University of Nottingham and a hack knife maker with a two bit handle supply business. The paper traces 9th century trade routs from northern Europe to the Middle East, and focuses on this mysterious handle material.
 
How about mammoth ivory, or possibly elephant. The white elephant of Rucheni. :)
 
Whale ivory (teeth) and that's my last guess. After that, I have no idea. :)
 
Sorry, no one has it yet. The clues I gave should help you nail it down, I've spoken of it in past threads. One more clue, It is a Middle Eastern word that rhymes with "clue"
 
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