A bone handle replaced with wood
The repair is old and careful — but the material differs, and the cut end shows it.
The knife has a handle turned to the shape of the original, and seen from above the difference is barely there. But the end grain shows fibre — bone's is different.
Koval displays the knife standing vertically, end towards the viewer. He says it is the simplest way to show a replacement without writing three sentences about it.
