I was at Dennis Searing's shop some years ago and the subject of ivory ferrules came up.
He had an entire elephant tusk there he used to illustrate how he can tailor the hit by from where he takes the material from the tusk.
The outermost section of the tusk closest to the pointy end is hardest and the innermost at the base is the softest so which section it comes from can offer quite a range in performance.
Makes sense.
Of course, the vast majority of the time, we are getting our ferrules long after they have been taken from tusks with absolutely no idea from which section they came.
I def do like using ivory. The ferrules I've been using must have been from the just-right section of the tusks. :wink:
best,
brian kc
He had an entire elephant tusk there he used to illustrate how he can tailor the hit by from where he takes the material from the tusk.
The outermost section of the tusk closest to the pointy end is hardest and the innermost at the base is the softest so which section it comes from can offer quite a range in performance.
Makes sense.
Of course, the vast majority of the time, we are getting our ferrules long after they have been taken from tusks with absolutely no idea from which section they came.
I def do like using ivory. The ferrules I've been using must have been from the just-right section of the tusks. :wink:
best,
brian kc
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