Thread: Bone or Ivory? Hmmmmmm

In most cases, especially in older ivory scales, they will be much thinner. As Robert noted, the newer ivory scales can be as thick or thicker than other scales these days. In older ivory scales, there is usually not a collar on the pins and the scales will have a snowflake appearance under a simple magnifying glass. The hot pin test as indicated also works.

Lou, those definitely look like bone.......

Have fun.

Lynn

You will see a distinct grain in elephant ivory, but little to none in Walrus and Hippo tooth. Bone will have, upon use of a magnifying glass, have distinct pores and sometimes a straight. boardlike grain. Grant

hunh....the guy on eBay said they were Ivory...go figure!

(...he LIED to me!...I can't believe it!...the next thing you know, people will be saying Wikipedia can't be trusted!)

-whatever

-Lou

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Originally Posted by scarface

hunh....the guy on eBay said they were Ivory...go figure!

(...he LIED to me!...I can't believe it!...the next thing you know, people will be saying Wikipedia can't be trusted!)

-whatever

-Lou

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so... would it be fair to say that you got ... "boned" ... when you were expecting ivory?

(sorry couldnt resist... )

Originally Posted by Lancer

so... would it be fair to say that you got ... "boned" ... when you were expecting ivory?

BIG TIME!!!

(...and I didn't even get kissed!...)

eBay sucks....

-whatever

-Lou