yeah im with you on this old school, i love ivory as a material but i would never collect ivory (i love chinese art and there is ALOT of ivory there) or choose ivory over mammoth ivory, i think it mammoth ivory also has interesting grain and colours as well from iron and copper in the soil, it will be my first choice when i get ivory scales... don't get me wrong nice aesthetics wise there is nothing quite as beautiful as great ivory and these are really beautiful scales, i just could never justify using ivory over mammoth personally.