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Come on Pixel, you go first, I'll speak to the fossilized.

The fossilized is brittle, some more than others and heavy from the mineralization, if doubletted and stabilized it would look great and...

There is a difference in the Core size of Male vs Female walrus Ivory, I can Prove it, it is Fact.

I collected Ivory for years Bill, and went to the villages and native Alaskans and traded direct...

Ahh, looks like a nice tight cored female walrus tusk. Are you turning out brushes Pixelfixed?

Good catch there Mike, the only thing left of super rarity are Narwahl Ivory, I have seen the live animal, they grow to about 15 ft and the Ivory unicorn can get to 10 ft long. I traded for 14" of a...

Just type in Bowhead whale baleen, should come up, I did not get a link and am not registered on the .CA Ebay, think I can beat that price from Alaskan natives by a long way.
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V79, baleen is black mostly and has brown and golden striations in it, pretty stuff.

I looked on the Canada Ebay and there was some raw baleen, as on the US side the natives can scrimshaw a ???...

When I get some baleen I'll send out some simple blank rectangles for you guys to play with, yes Mike, it is some very tough stuff and yet easy to work, very similar to horn.

Ebay had a set of baleen scales on an old french Wedge, two razors sold as lot, they were thought to be Horn, Not so as I recognized the baleen right away, so yes it has been done, many times over....

E46 Brother, I was ribbing you and there is enough Ivory out there to supply all the scales for razors you could ever want, I really do want to help you guys find some material for your project...

Hello Scag, let me check with some old contacts and I may be able to hook you up, I lived in Alaska, was a big game guide and Jeweler, in other words, out mixing with the Natives where they are legal...