Hi Guy's,
Could someone please enlighten me to the meaning of the term"French Ivory"? Is this to say that these are ivory scales that have been worked in France? Or is it just an arty way of say ing that they are Faux ivory?
Thanks!
Nobby
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Hi Guy's,
Could someone please enlighten me to the meaning of the term"French Ivory"? Is this to say that these are ivory scales that have been worked in France? Or is it just an arty way of say ing that they are Faux ivory?
Thanks!
Nobby
Hello Nobby!
Like you surmised, it is/was just a fancy way of saying fake ivory. It was made from celluloid and grained to look a bit like the real thing, but the graining is a bit too uniform and there is a kind of cross-hatching you can sometimes see in real ivory that isn't present in faux ivory, also known as Ivorine. "Faux" sounds a bit better than plain old "fake" doesn't it?!
Regards,
Neil
:D Yeah sounds verry EuroChic! Still pretty though!
Reminds me a few years ago of car commercials. I think it was Ricardo Montalban advertising Chrysler cars and talking about the rich corinthian leather in the car. It was vinyl. same with French ivory. Just celluloid.
French ivory meaning frog's tusk?
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Originally Posted by Kees
ivoire de grenouille
Well I LOVE the real thing too.
Now, Where did I put that nice Weatherby Magnum side by side? :D
Ivory colored celluloid with a linear pattern through them. Actually a nice scale, but definitely not to be confused mit da real ting.
Lynn
That's hilarious. I remember those commercials and assumed they were talking about real leather!:rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
Chris L
Yea and when I was a kid I used to wonder about naugahide. I wanted to know what kind of animal it came from. I never did see a real live nauga.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris-L