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<p>[QUOTE="John Brassey, post: 4304635, member: 15277"]I suspect resin. Thirty years ago these were appearing at every antiques fair I visited. I was pretty sure that the one that caught me was fake so I tested it with a hot needle and you could tell straight away from the smell that it was resin. If there is any possibility that it is real, don't do that as genuine scrimshaw is highly collectable. </p><p><br /></p><p>This site is very helpful</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Scrimshaw-and-other-nautical-carvings" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Scrimshaw-and-other-nautical-carvings" rel="nofollow">https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Scrimshaw-and-other-nautical-carvings</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Brassey, post: 4304635, member: 15277"]I suspect resin. Thirty years ago these were appearing at every antiques fair I visited. I was pretty sure that the one that caught me was fake so I tested it with a hot needle and you could tell straight away from the smell that it was resin. If there is any possibility that it is real, don't do that as genuine scrimshaw is highly collectable. This site is very helpful [URL]https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Scrimshaw-and-other-nautical-carvings[/URL][/QUOTE]
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