Any angles around travelling with ivory?

It is not US Customs that samples any ivory if & when a cue is challenged.
It's the Department of Interior's Fish & Wildlife Division that tests any ivory.
A confiscated cue is forwarded for testing & they do not publish any results.
Only the cue owner knows until sufficient statistics get complied & published.
 
You cannot prove, nor can any cue-maker, that your cue meets the ivory ban without first
obtaining a CITES certificate & the burden of proof rests with the cue owner or cue-maker.
Letters from the cue-maker are useless and without value or any meaning just as much as
a purchase sales slip means absolutely nothing. There is no diminimus exception to you
unless and until you first obtain a CITES certificate which cannot be obtained in the USA
at this time. For residents in other countries, you defer to the jurisdiction of the applicable
nation. In the USA, it's a moot point since CITES isn't being made available to anyone yet.
 
I'm pretty sure I would either have another butt made, get used to another cue or choose not to travel.

My personal experience is that nothing good ever comes from trying to explain anything to someone wearing a uniform, and is best avoided at all costs.
 
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