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<p>[QUOTE="Northern Lights Lodge, post: 1629708, member: 13464"]Hi everyone, </p><p><br /></p><p>This little guy has been with me since the 1960's and I was a Junior High Schooler! It was probably about this time of year and I was walking through our subdivision and found him laying out in the street in the slush. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've always thought he was sweet. He appears to be handmade...and he DID have a little pointy coral color beak; and despite my attempts to save it...somewhere it got parted from him as his head has always been split. I think he was missing an eye when I found him. I honestly don't know what the base material is... it isn't a "bone" I'm familiar with... almost greenish and very "stringy" looking. It is almost transluscent. The wings are brass. The blade appears to be hand made also; steel...no id on the blade. The dots seem to be inlay - reddish, black and blue. He measures 3 1/2" long from head to tail and just over 1/2" wide. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've always "thought" that it was Inuit or Alaskan native - I'm not sure why; except that years and years ago (probably when I was in High School); my Dad subscribed to Nat Geo and I "think" I remember seeing an article about Inuits...and I could have sworn that I saw something similar in that article. I've since looked for the article and can't find it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've asked from time to time at knife shows; but no one seems to have much info. So, I'm sharing with you all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any ideas??</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks Leslie</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]233625[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]233626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]233627[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]233628[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]233629[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Northern Lights Lodge, post: 1629708, member: 13464"]Hi everyone, This little guy has been with me since the 1960's and I was a Junior High Schooler! It was probably about this time of year and I was walking through our subdivision and found him laying out in the street in the slush. I've always thought he was sweet. He appears to be handmade...and he DID have a little pointy coral color beak; and despite my attempts to save it...somewhere it got parted from him as his head has always been split. I think he was missing an eye when I found him. I honestly don't know what the base material is... it isn't a "bone" I'm familiar with... almost greenish and very "stringy" looking. It is almost transluscent. The wings are brass. The blade appears to be hand made also; steel...no id on the blade. The dots seem to be inlay - reddish, black and blue. He measures 3 1/2" long from head to tail and just over 1/2" wide. I've always "thought" that it was Inuit or Alaskan native - I'm not sure why; except that years and years ago (probably when I was in High School); my Dad subscribed to Nat Geo and I "think" I remember seeing an article about Inuits...and I could have sworn that I saw something similar in that article. I've since looked for the article and can't find it. I've asked from time to time at knife shows; but no one seems to have much info. So, I'm sharing with you all. Any ideas?? Thanks Leslie [ATTACH=full]233625[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]233626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]233627[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]233628[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]233629[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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