Posted 8 years ago
lee120275
(46 items)
19c shark/Fish Vertebrae horn handle walking stick, it has a metal rod to hold the bones of the fish together and was likely made by a sailor anywhere between early 1800- 1880. These were usually made with shark bone but sometimes a big fish was used such as a swordfish. Needs a little attention but no longer wanted. Still it is a nice thing
Lee
Interesting!
Sharks only have cartilage.
Blunderbuss2 thank you for your message but you do get shark vertebrae sticks, so they must have bones. My knowledge on antiques is very good, I have sold many of these sticks over the years. I don't make out to know everything but you do get shark vertebrae sticks. Google/eBay Shark vertebrae stick you will see I was right, I have seen 100s in the u.k if not 500 listed at auction. thanks anyway
I'm not going to argue it when you can simply Google it & then find a way to argue with them & facts.
Sorry I did not know we were arguing I just wanted to say they do have vertebrae, check it out or do you not like being wrong. Please just put these words into the computer and you will see exactly what I mean there will be 100s Antique shark vertebrae walking stick. I don't mean to come across in the wrong way, but I always like to learn and I know I am right. I have uploaded a article for your perusal, please don't take me wrongly, I or no-one knows everything, I have also uploaded pictures of the shark bones pic 4. Please don't take me the wrong way and I am sorry if I did anything wrong
Thank you valentino97, It's a fish definately they usually come as sharks but this one is too thin, so definately a fish. They are always listed as shark/fish at any auction you go to in uk, shark vertebrae are lots bigger triple size in width more walking stick style this is a cane thin.
Maybe it's mistakenly called shark bone, but it is cartilage. Where is the "uploaded article" you mentioned ?
A brilliant end to this but your both right!!! It only took two years for me to start researching these walking sticks. It is true that sharks don't have bones and instead have what is similar in form but due to them lacking certain minerals is cartilage and not bone. But the scientific natural world refer to them as bones as this is what they function as and inventing a new word or referring to them as cartilage would be confusing and require consistent clarification, sharks are certainly an oddity.