Musk ox horn for hidden tangs to folders

[Mark Knapp]

Mark . I will take set #19. Will pay via paypal. Thanks ,Joe

will pay

Thanks Joe, they are yours. PM in-bound

 

[Mark Knapp]

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.

 

[J. Doyle]

How about mammoth ivory, or possibly elephant. The white elephant of Rucheni.

 

[silversage]

Amber

 

[silversage]

and damascus..

 

[Jroden5446]

Hippopotamus Ivory

 

[Mark Knapp]

How about mammoth ivory, or possibly elephant. The white elephant of Rucheni.

uh... nope

 

[BonhamBlades]

rams horn

 

[Mark Knapp]

amber, nope

damascus, nope

hippo tooth, nope

but keep trying

 

[silversage]

Mark you are killing me

 

[Alan Davis Knives]

elephant ivory

 

[bacustomknives]

How about cactus

 

[J. Doyle]

Whale ivory (teeth) and that's my last guess. After that, I have no idea.

 

[silversage]

Jade?

 

[Jroden5446]

Obsidian
Or
Turquoise

 

[silversage]

silk?

 

[Darrin Sanders]

Darn, Silversage beat me to it. I 99% sure that its silk. Good luck Silversage.

 

[BonhamBlades]

musk ox

 

[Mark Knapp]

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"

 

[joehosophat]

Zebu?