Most likely it is resin stabilized and made sometime after the mid 70's. Not sure what your research showed you,there is nothing to say a Native...
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-boxed-pulsafe-fettler-goggle-164092702
Authentic menuki are made with a repossee process with the added "gold" etc. done with Zogan inlay/damascene process. The bracelet above appears...
Shakudo is copper and not magnetic.
A magnet would only say the piece is magnetic or not,it would not tell what the base material is.
Can't really tell what it is made of from the photos,doubt that the piece is shakudo since the black patina and the "gold" would have been burned...
What happens to the drop of water .... does it just stay there as a drop,run off or get soaked into the stone as a sponge would.
Bog wood,three types oak,yew,pine .... https://www.maureenmcghee.com/about/history-of-bog-oak/
Possibly 1910-1936,see chart in post #2 .... https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/post-your-pictures-cutlers-to-their-majesties.293250/
@ billyd3us Put a small drop of water on the top of one of the stones and see what happens.
The circled area is the cut off casting sprue remnant.
Looks like a student/hobbyist copy of something older,professionals rarely leave cut off sprue remnants on their pieces.
Having the origin area of turquoise means little,turquoise from U.S. locations has been sold for over 60 years to many countries.
Fakes/copies.. depends on how they were represented when they were sold.They look like original NA made items,copied from 40+ years of photos in...
Maybe one of the thousands of fakes from the Philippines/Indonesia ,could be anything........
Most references for the word kassai are Japanese ......
The bowl and connector were removable,the cork was probably added when new bowl pieces were added as replacements.
The screw in curved mouth piece is most likely cow horn,the bowls were usually 2 pieces made of wood or porcelain... see examples...
Top photo Black Forest pipe stem with bowl missing.
It's the red Queen's soldier's spear tip. [ATTACH]
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