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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 9932236, member: 55&quot;]So far as I know, those signed Howard Weyahok do have some connection to him.</p><p>However, I might add that there are many similar items around, signed &quot;Nuguruk&quot; or &quot;Nunuk.&quot; These are indeed genuine marine ivory or sometimes elephant ivory, dating to a time when that was legal; but they were produced from the 1920s through the late 1960s to early 1970s by a Seattle jewelry company, which hired non-native artists to do the scrimshaw from standard patterns supplied by the company.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen cutlery sets &quot;signed&quot; Nuguruk for sale at the Bon Marche in Seattle, around 1970; boxed, with a &quot;genuine Alaska ivory&quot; label.&nbsp; Oddly, the metal parts were often sourced overseas, so you&#039;ll sometimes see these with a clear &quot;Solingen&quot; mark on the blade, for example.</p><p>More info on &quot;Nuguruk&quot; items at <a href="https://www.ecommercebytes.com/guides/collectibles/nuguruk-eskimo-ivory/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ecommercebytes.com/guides/collectibles/nuguruk-eskimo-ivory/" rel="nofollow">Nuguruk: Eskimo Ivory? - EcommerceBytes</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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