I’m now thinking of mounting my new set with Mammoth Ivory.
I know that they are legal Ivory ,but is it really easy to export, import or travel with them?
Must I carry somekind of certification that they are Mammoth Ivory?
Mammoth ivory?
How do you know it’s from a real Mammoth?
How long has it been since those creatures were selling their wares?
I heard that they are fossils, and they are from Alaska.
Link to previous discussion:
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=19987&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=ivory&sid=28fb43080b4dc6c8b7201320c7f0b81f
Mammoth ivory is wonderful stuff. The fossil Mammoth ivory on Patrick d’Arcy’s new D set set is lovely and would make any guy or gal want it on new pipes. Customs agents reportedly are trained to tell the difference between African Elephant ivory, Asian Elephant ivory, and Mammoth ivory. No word as of yet regarding whether they can differentiate between these ivory sources and fossilized Middle Earth Oliphant ivory. They NEVER look at hand carried stuff, though. Security has taken a peek at my pipes but customs…NEVER…well, maybe the time I returned from my first trip over with a Roberts set in hand. Fecks charged me duty on pipes!
Thanks for the Link Tony
Well I can’t imagine what the fuss would be about fossilized ivory, then.
Surely the Mammoth is done using it, and what’s the likelihood that folks are going to go ‘fossil ivory’ hunting to meet the demand of a few small pices on a set of uilleann pipes?
Elephant ivory, on the other hand… the still-alive stuff - that’s another matter.
I was shopping for mammoth ivory the other day, wanted a small piece for a carved skull on my drone switch. I decided to use bone instead when I found out that the small piece needed (approx. 1x1 inch) would cost me 160 american dollars!!! 
The oxbone was free from the local butcher…
Morten
- My customized Roberts/Williams/Gallagher D set will soon be finished - in sterling silver, discrete engravings and carved bone skulls as drone switch & regulator tuning pins!
Here’s a mammoth instrument story:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/13/germany.flute.reut/index.html
t
Very cool.
You’ll find the source of the ivory for Pat D.Arcy’s pipes, as mentioned above here
(edited to fix link)
Actually, I don’t think that the mammoth tusks are fossilized. That would make them stone. I think that they were just frozen/presserved.
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Wow! $160 for a one inch cube? Someone is price gouging. Good quality mammoth tusk is available at around $80 per pound.
Ted
has anyone considered recycled bowling balls a potential source for mounts?
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Would They not make the pipes very heavy ?
RORY
Mammoth ivory tusk can always be found on eBAY:
http://search.ebay.com/mammoth-ivory-tusk_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQcatrefZC6QQfromZR10QQsacategoryZ-1Q26catrefQ3DC6QQsotrtypeZ1QQsotrvalueZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1Q26sosortorderQ3D1
Would They not make the pipes very heavy ?
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Well, yeah. You’d have to turn them down to fit the pipes…
Not if you leave the finger holes in.
djm
Keep in mind that mammoth ivory is not truly fossilized, in that the ivory has not (or not nearly) been replaced by minerals as in other fossils. A better description might be “tundra preserved”, or “frozen-turf embalmed”. It should still work like ivory, maybe a bit more brittle, but not to the point of trying to create mounts from quartz crystal (that would make an interesting set?!)
As far as CITES goes, unless they can show that there are still mammoths roving about, its not any more regulated than trilobyte fossils.
dave boling
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