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Old 29th December 2012, 02:40 PM   #1
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Hi Atlantia,
The head seems to be made from a type of heavy hardwood. So you think its a walking cane. Dam fooled again.

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Old 29th December 2012, 02:50 PM   #2
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I think the bone segments are from tuna burbles but I may be wrong.
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Old 29th December 2012, 03:31 PM   #3
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Hi Atlantia,
Do you mean swagger stick?
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Old 29th December 2012, 03:41 PM   #4
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Hi Atlantia,
Do you mean swagger stick?
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That depends on how tall they were!

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Old 29th December 2012, 04:16 PM   #5
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Hi Darren,

Is the length across the curve or around it?
In either event it's still within the length range for a cane and rather long for a swagger stick.
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Old 29th December 2012, 04:25 PM   #6
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Hi Atlantia,
Yes the length is across the curve.
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Old 29th December 2012, 04:43 PM   #7
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Hi Atlantia,
Yes the length is across the curve.
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It's probable that the curve is the result of use rather than design, so it would have been a few cm longer originally.
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Old 29th December 2012, 04:41 PM   #8
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I think the bone segments are from tuna burbles but I may be wrong.
Googling "shark vertebrae" and "tuna vertebrae" and looking at the images, I think the original attribution was correct, these are shark vertebrae.

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