I think you goofed Jim. Look at the repeating regular pattern of grooves and peaks in the "stag" bark. Also there is only black and white, no smooth "stag" turning amber or shades of brown in the bark. I look at a lot of stag while collecting knives. While India stag can be mostly white and tourched black bark aging turns the smooth areas amber and gives it fine surface cracks. Repeating patterns scream man made.