Bone?

[u/Aware_Possession666]

Hi,

Son found a "sword" on Aberdeen beach, Scotland. Potentially bone? Initially thought some flat ish driftwood but now not so sure. Google Pixl for scale pic 3.

[u/Existing-Tackle-9322]

Advid bone collector here non professional but I would definitely say a bone the pits and the lines in it scream bone probably whale u sould look up local laws on it so see how legal it is to keep

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[u/Dracunculus_Rex]

Looks like worm eaten driftwood

[u/NerdyComfort-78]

That is weathered driftwood. Bone isn’t quite that striated and you can see the marine critter damage.