How to Distinguish Authentic Whale Tooth Scrimshaw from Resin "Fakeshaw" (Part 1 of 3) The 1970s saw the implementation of the U.S. Federal Marine Mammals Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA ), and the U.S. Federal...
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...
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...
Eric Jay Dolin recreates the lost world of whaling, which was a profitable enterprise in the 19th century, but which was extremely difficult and dangerous for those sailors who engaged in it. Through fascinating stories, Dolin tells all about the...
In this exciting and thought-provoking historical look at a massive Arctic sea wreck, Peter Nichols traces the dramatic end of the whale oil industry in the 1870s. Nichols anchors his narrative of adventurous seamen and ambitious businessmen (most...