Thread: Ivory scaled razors

Originally Posted by recklessabandon

i feel a little bit out of the loop. i didn't realize that ivory was banned. is that an american thing?
i'm pretty sure you can still get it up here in canada.

It is banned here too, although I'm not sure of all of the implications here, certainly importation of raw requires a ton of paperwork to ensure it is pre ban but I've always just stuck my head in the sand and pretended I didn't know. I think there is a definite risk of confection and for what we do they probably would stop there, there is the bigger risk of getting stuck in their computer and they make every crossing of the border a royal pain. They have enough power that they can make your activities all very annoying. All without ever having to charge you or have to account for why they are always annoying.

i was more referring to ivory that is harvested in canada from walrus or narwhal.

Originally Posted by recklessabandon

i was more referring to ivory that is harvested in canada from walrus or narwhal.

That is a cat of a different color, as is all of the mammoth tusk that gets harvested here too. I have no idea how they tell one from the other. Something to do with the way it reflect or refracts light is photocopies I think. Apparently they can tell what the source is without anything complicated going on. I'm not sure how tough that stuff is to get out of the country either. The government loves paper though!

Originally Posted by RezDog

It is banned here too, ...there is a definite risk of confection...

Chocolate, Vanilla or ?

Originally Posted by RezDog

That is a cat of a different color, as is all of the mammoth tusk that gets harvested here too. I have no idea how they tell one from the other. Something to do with the way it reflect or refracts light is photocopies I think. Apparently they can tell what the source is without anything complicated going on. I'm not sure how tough that stuff is to get out of the country either. The government loves paper though!

There are lines that make up the structure of the stuff. They crisscross at different angles depending on whether they are elephant or mammoth. other species are totally different.

The narwhale is even more protected than elephant and is so rare and expensive you probably couldn't afford it and if you had some it would be a ticket to prison. Canada is more strict with this stuff than the U.S ever was.

Originally Posted by Splashone

Chocolate, Vanilla or ?

Hahahaha, I love typo/autocorrect stuff

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

There are lines that make up the structure of the stuff. They crisscross at different angles depending on whether they are elephant or mammoth. other species are totally different.

I was told elephant ivory has cross hatched lines. Is this true?

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

I was told elephant ivory has cross hatched lines. Is this true?

Yes it is true,shereger lines,the form chevrons,is a big diff between Mammoth and Elephant but they are similar.
You can only see them from the end cuts.

Originally Posted by RezDog

That is a cat of a different color, as is all of the mammoth tusk that gets harvested here too. I have no idea how they tell one from the other. Something to do with the way it reflect or refracts light is photocopies I think. Apparently they can tell what the source is without anything complicated going on. I'm not sure how tough that stuff is to get out of the country either. The government loves paper though!

Mammoth is legal worldwide,is very simple to tell the Differance and it has nothing to do with light re-fraction.You just have to look at it.

Originally Posted by recklessabandon

i feel a little bit out of the loop. i didn't realize that ivory was banned. is that an american thing?
i'm pretty sure you can still get it up here in canada.

Ivory Is NOT banned in the U.S,what is banned is Importation and exportation out of CONUS at this time.