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    Posted 9 years ago

    vfava
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    This is a Nantucket Wailers scrimshaw box. I picked up at an estate auction dovetailed box with a lot of whalebone and scrimshaw tools inside in what looks to be some sort of bracelet made out of what I believed to be tortoiseshell the box is dovetailed and has original red

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    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 9 years ago
      The prosthetic leg looking thing might be bait for Moby Dick or sharks.
    2. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Very neat. I love stuff with a lot of pieces/parts.

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