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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 241199, member: 55&quot;]Looks like horn to me also, and possibly from whatever animal passes as a cow in the area it comes from - that isn&#039;t always what people in the US or UK would call a cow.&nbsp; There appears to be some damage from insects, and there are bugs that are fond of chewing on horn.</p><p>The shape of the handle is similar to table cutlery made in Lebanon, and I&#039;d be comfortable guessing it was made somewhere in the Middle East.</p><p>The shape is not that of any traditional Middle Eastern knives that I am familiar with, so very possibly just for souvenir/tourist sale, or possibly for table use as a carving knife, if sharp enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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