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Depends on whether or not the seller (and potential competitive buyers) know it's ivory.

There are legal issues involved, but I don't know the details. I /think/ a person is not supposed to sell...

The biggest "ah-ha" moment for me came from viewing pic #2 on post 28 of this thread: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razors/68454-sure-test-ivory-scales-3.html

You can really see the crosshatching...