tiger claws
11:08 AM
Identifying Fake Lion / Tiger - Claws / Nails
How to Identify a Fake
Tiger / Lion claw sold in the black market
Hi First of all I am not ashamed to tell you that I had been
conned by some gypsy at Thiruvannamalai – a city located in India (Thiruvannamalai).
I had this craze about tiger claws and I wanted one to be
made into a pendant to show off. So I had to find a source to buy the tiger
claw. And being one form Tamilnadu I knew that only the gypsy tribe (Nari
Kuravar) had such things in possession. A friend of mine told that I can find
these gypsys in thiruvannamalai city when the Girivalam (the pilgrimage around
the holy mountain of thiruvannamalai) takes place. So I bought the so called
tiger claw from him which had a foot(paw) attached to it. It looked so real
that I believed that it was true. I bought the stuff for 600 Indian rupees
equalant to 10$ U.S or 6 british pounds.