lets see those fish collectables

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
PhoMan said:
this is made of ivory or bone.... netsuke?.... looks great man.


elephant tusk its quite old trying to find out what it was used for it has a 2mm hole in the back the dealer thinks it was for a belt or something from japan i guess??
 
I have TON'S of fish stuff but sadly I cannot post it becuase I don't have a digicam at the moment so if on some random say this thread just pops up you'll know why.
 
fishnutham said:
elephant tusk its quite old trying to find out what it was used for it has a 2mm hole in the back the dealer thinks it was for a belt or something from japan i guess??

That's what I thought... then it's called a netsuke. A clothing item, worn by the belt. It's very colletible nowadays. Netsuke originally made of wood.... the ivory ones are becoming more popular and has higher collectible values.
 
PhoMan said:
That's what I thought... then it's called a netsuke. A clothing item, worn by the belt. It's very colletible nowadays. Netsuke originally made of wood.... the ivory ones are becoming more popular and has higher collectible values.



thx was killing myself trying to find info on it thank you so much
 
MonsterFishKeepers.com