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VANDOO · 6th August 2005, 08:24 PM

CONGRADULATIONS YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THE KNIFE CORRECTLY!
THE KNIVES ARE STILL MADE TO SELL TO TOURISTS WHO MOSTLY ARRIVE ON CRUISE SHIPS EVERY SO OFTEN. THAT HAS DRIVEN UP PRICES THERE ON SOME THINGS BUT IF IT WERN'T FOR THAT MARKET THESE WOULD PROBLY NO LONGER BE MADE. THEY COME IN SEVERAL SIZES , SOME ARE COVERED IN BITS OF PEARL OYSTER SHELL LIKE YOURS ,OTHERS ARE COVERED IN BITS OF BLACK CORAL. THE ORIGINALS ALWAYS HAVE A HANDLE CARVED FROM A LARGE SPERM WHALE TOOTH AND ARE STILL MADE BUT VERY EXPENSIVE EVEN FOR A NEWLY MADE ONE AND MUCH MORE FOR A OLD ONE. A INTERESTING KNIFE WHICH IS SELDOM SEEN.

6th August 2005, 08:24 PM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	CONGRADULATIONS YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THE KNIFE CORRECTLY! THE KNIVES ARE STILL MADE TO SELL TO TOURISTS WHO MOSTLY ARRIVE ON CRUISE SHIPS EVERY SO OFTEN. THAT HAS DRIVEN UP PRICES THERE ON SOME THINGS BUT IF IT WERN'T FOR THAT MARKET THESE WOULD PROBLY NO LONGER BE MADE. THEY COME IN SEVERAL SIZES , SOME ARE COVERED IN BITS OF PEARL OYSTER SHELL LIKE YOURS ,OTHERS ARE COVERED IN BITS OF BLACK CORAL. THE ORIGINALS ALWAYS HAVE A HANDLE CARVED FROM A LARGE SPERM WHALE TOOTH AND ARE STILL MADE BUT VERY EXPENSIVE EVEN FOR A NEWLY MADE ONE AND MUCH MORE FOR A OLD ONE. A INTERESTING KNIFE WHICH IS SELDOM SEEN.