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Anybody need some ivory...
- Thread starter Craig Fales
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Crazy!!!!
That is a lot of Ivory, but people are bidding on it. If a high end cuemaker buys that for like 15000, all he needs to do is make 3 mostly Ivory cues--then still has enough Ivory to last the rest of his cuemaking days and the Ivory is more than paid for because each cue would be worth 10000
That is a lot of Ivory, but people are bidding on it. If a high end cuemaker buys that for like 15000, all he needs to do is make 3 mostly Ivory cues--then still has enough Ivory to last the rest of his cuemaking days and the Ivory is more than paid for because each cue would be worth 10000
scruggsinhand said:holy crap batman..
how much usable ivory can you get from a 100lbs of tusk??
i cant imagine a cuemaker using that much ivory in a lifetime!!!
That all depends. Some ivory is better than others for cue work, some is pretty much unusable for machining. How large the nerve cavity is and how deep it goes, how much cracking it has undergone, etc.
The ebay listing ones look like they might be ok. I don't know much about it, but I know enough to know one better do his homework before buying raw ivory. If you did not know what you were looking for, you could end up buying a really pretty slightly translucent forest elephant tusk that was debarked and polished as tourist grade, and every time you bore a piece for a cue part, crack..crack...
Try these on for size...
http://www.motteycues.com/shop.htm
Hit the left arrow under frame 3 times after the page loads.
Kelly
Chris' Cues said:
Absolutely correct on both counts. I wasn't going to get into them in this thread, but I agree with you. One of 3 reasons...
1. Still have to pay for their retreat to Florida, so they have to liquidate something.
2. They do not own it, it is a consignment deal.
3. Too many problems with it.
Notice in the listing it says:
"And we hope these make their way to a collector/investor....
Gee, I hope a collector buys these!"
Kelly
