Thread: REAL tortoise shell or imitation?

Originally Posted by Evin

I think you are lucky it's not tortoise shell because if it was real from what I understand of the laws at present if you wanted to sell it to an over seas buyer it would need to be certified by CITES if it was not it would be confiscated by customs at the border. Its the same with Ivory and the rules are tight too.

And I never sell genuine ivory on the bay...honest! I always just list it as 'a creamy white organic material relating to pacaderms that is definitely not bone...!' Most people can tell pretty much just by pics as the keratin grain of Schraeger lines is often apparent...well I can anyways if it is elephant ivory.

Originally Posted by Scipio

And I never sell genuine ivory on the bay...honest! I always just list it as 'a creamy white organic material relating to pacaderms that is definitely not bone...!' Most people can tell pretty much just by pics as the keratin grain of Schraeger lines is often apparent...well I can anyways if it is elephant ivory.

I picked up a well old Joesph Rodgers & Son's razor with cracked Ivory handle and was thinking about getting a lump of antique Ivory that could be used to make a replacement set of scale when I was looking around the web I came across the CITES site and found out this would have got me into alot of trouble traveling around Europe on me holidays. So I'm getting them fitted with faux ivor scale it does not matter there only gonna get covered in shaving soap anyway.

I'd love to get a real tortoise shell scaled razor but I can't pick one from an ebay listing so unless someone I trust lists one for sale then I'll just have to wanting one.