They did not hollow out the inside... Only ends rew made of Trolon.
Perhaps it was to save ivory? Man-hour was cheap at the time, and ivory expensive.
Henrik
seems like a lot of work to me to hollow out a piece of ivory (to save material ?)and put another material inside .My ivory rip Army is ivory thru n thru I removed the pommel and test for ivory when I bought it. As John said never say never. Also my Army is a no M/M
