Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by Grazor

I don't think the average Joe at the post office would know the difference between ivory and plastic. The first razor I got with ivory scales I thought they were celluloid. It wasn't until I read here how to identify ivory that I found out what they were.

Yeah. But if there is something ivory looking in there, they get someone who does know the difference. And if it is illegal to ship it, it could very well cause problems much worse than simply having it confiscated. Fines and such. Ivory is getting to be a big nono these days. I know antique ivory is not a problem as such, but it is hard to distinguish between antique and non antique. And since more elephants die each day than are born, people are taking drastic measures to try and bring poaching to a halt.

This for a fellow member...

Two matching W&B Barbers Rattlers I'm putting in book matched Buckeye burl scales.


and a brush for another member, materials are left to right, Banksia pod, box elder burl, Pyinkado burl which is an ironwood burl

FINALLY.Gotta go slow with Ivory,heat will kill it,took 4 hrs to turn this pce.

What's it going to be Bill, (you know if it's ivory I get excited) Tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

What's it going to be Bill, (you know if it's ivory I get excited) Tc

No clue yet,have some hmw 22mm knots I will use,maybe a simpson clone of a Rover or a milk churn.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Yeah. But if there is something ivory looking in there, they get someone who does know the difference. And if it is illegal to ship it, it could very well cause problems much worse than simply having it confiscated. Fines and such. Ivory is getting to be a big nono these days. I know antique ivory is not a problem as such, but it is hard to distinguish between antique and non antique. And since more elephants die each day than are born, people are taking drastic measures to try and bring poaching to a halt.

Yes, I didn't mean to make it sound like I was trying to encourage anything illegal, but seems crazy to not be able to purchase a razor with ivory scales that are obviously original, or for that matter, a brush or something that is certified pre-ban ivory.

Originally Posted by Grazor

Yes, I didn't mean to make it sound like I was trying to encourage anything illegal, but seems crazy to not be able to purchase a razor with ivory scales that are obviously original, or for that matter, a brush or something that is certified pre-ban ivory.

Yeah, it's the craziest law i ever heard of. What about vintage razors that have ivory scales!

Don't quote me ,but Bill has posted before right after the first of 2015 you won't be able to ship it anymore. Sales are prohibited , not illegal to own ,just as a business you won't be able to operate under the new laws, please Bill correct me if I,m wrong ,, Also. HMW. Is it softer than what I've been getting? Guess if it is might have to set low so has some backbone? I'll be looking for the finished product

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Don't quote me ,but Bill has posted before right after the first of 2015 you won't be able to ship it anymore. Sales are prohibited , not illegal to own ,just as a business you won't be able to operate under the new laws, please Bill correct me if I,m wrong ,, Also. HMW. Is it softer than what I've been getting? Guess if it is might have to set low so has some backbone? I'll be looking for the finished product

The new laws are already in effect in N.Y,N.J and calif,By the first of next year,any shipment of Ivory of any sort will be Illegal.

Not working on but finished honing 2 mint tamahagane Iwasakis. One western, one traditional.
Western tested at HV 830. Both honed easily & relatively quickly using 2 Asagi stones. A Yaginoshima & a Nakayama.