Quote Originally Posted by GC7 View Post
I saw this article the other day and thought of posting it.

Opinion: Elephants slaughtered for trinkets and terrorism - CNN.com

I respect the opinions of others but IMHO some things are just worth more than the right to have pretty razor scales, piano keys and the like. I have absolutely no problem with hunters who use the whole animal for food, clothing and the like but slaughtering these regal creatures is just not right. The arguments above about using material from dead animals or circus animals are certainly valid but perhaps as with wearing fur from exotic species this (ivory use) should also be something that is not popular any longer.
Your missing the point,whats happining today is wrong,what happend 100 yrs ago is what it is, you have material that was leaglly hunted and imported,it should be used.
Is it wrong to turn a brush handle out of an Ivory Billiard ball from the 1800s? have done many.