Wool: The wool is the very best Afghan wool hailing from the Ghazni region. This wool is the same wool used in only the finest vegetable-dyed Afghan Kazak rugs. A wonderful find! | Sheen: The sheen is very excellent and luscious. To see this is newer war rugs is rare and to understand that this can only get better with time excites the appraisers at warrug.com. | Handle: The handle on this war rug is quite firm and strong. | Selvedge: The selvedge is of 2 cord grey wool. |