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Spinosaurus Claw l, fake or not


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Fake.

The grain of the bone is pointing the wrong way. It should be going along the curve on a real claw. Instead it just continues in a straight line. This is typical for "claws" that have been carved from random pieces of bone.

So the bone is probably real. But it's not a claw. It's a fake.

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Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite

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It might have some real parts. But it looks like a composite of random bones carved into shape to look like a claw. Notice the slightly darker grey-ish areas? Those are glue mixed with local sand to fill in the gaps. The beige parts are all probably real bone. But who knows if it belongs to an actual claw or just random pieces of something else. And notice how the outer curve of the claw is not smooth. There seem to be some flattened areas, which is what I would expect if this were made from random pieces of bones that don't have the correct curve.
So, I'd avoid this one as well.

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Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite

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I would love to see the original source of this casting, be it a real fossil or a sculpt.

 I have seen it in various levels of reproduction more times than I can count.

There's at least three dozen versions of it on this site alone.

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Real bone, yes most likely. But it's not a claw. It's just a piece of "art". But if it's being sold as real, then we should be calling it fake.

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