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• How To Tell If your Ivory Is Real or an imitation piece
• by gratefultroy( 151)
• Hi, I would like to share a bit of information with you to help you determine if your item (scrimshaw, whale tooth, tusk, etc.) is made from real ivory or merely an inexpensive plastic resin copy. Imitation... 

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  ivory | scrimshaw | elephant tusk | whale tooth | ivory tusks

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• Distinguish Authentic Scrimshaw from Shaped Bone
• by scrimcollector( 674)
• Distinguishing Authentic Scrimshaw from Precision Fakeshaw Tooth-Shaped Bone (Part 2 of 3) ARTEK Creations, aka Artek Gifts, ArTeK, or Artek, is a division of New Hampshire-based Riley Mountain Products. Artek... 

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  fakeshaw | scrimshaw | whale tooth | tusk | ivory

• 70 of 73 people found this guide helpful

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• The Difference Between Fids and Bodkins
• by scrimcollector( 674)
• Bodkins are quite frequently mis-labeled as Fids on eBay. Here are definitive differences. Fids are usually 5-inches to 12-inches long, conical in shape from a sharp point to a 1-inch to 1.5-inch wide, rounded... 

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  whalebone | ivory | fid | bodkin | scrimshaw

• 66 of 69 people found this guide helpful

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• Nuguruk: Eskimo ivory?
• by bluemando( 448)
• Nuguruk: Ivory items with the signature "Nuguruk" are fairly common; carving sets, ashtrays, cheese slicers.... Are these genuine Eskimo scrimshaw? In reality, "Nuguruk" was not an eskimo scrimshaw artist,... 

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  antiques ethnographic | native american | eskimo | ivory

• 60 of 63 people found this guide helpful

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• COLLECTING SCRIMSHAW
• by pcraedesigns( 269)
• COLLECTING SCRIMSHAW The biggest problem facing the collector of Scrimshaw pieces is the the market is flooded with FAKES! I would caution the buyer to BEWARE! History: It was Norman Flayderman who... 

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  SCRIMSHAW | fakeshaw | whale tooth | Antiques | COLLECTIBLES

• 26 of 28 people found this guide helpful

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