Not exactly and not consistently. At best it looks very 'white' when compared to most synthetics. But different types of Ivory/tusk/bone/etc can look different still. It's not a great test.
dom_poppa teaches Trolling 201.
I have pets that I love dearly. I eat meat. I know humans will always eat meat and kills animals for survival. I could never kill a deer but I will get a burger at McDonald's. .
From the stuff I have read that he has posted in the past an now this,Well fellow AZers, it is clear that this guy is an antagonist that enjoys yanking our chains. No one can be this ignorant. And if he is - he isn't worth our time. It would be like trying to train a rock and expecting it to learn and do tricks. I have no need to address him again - unless he has some ivory to sell cheap...
Just like PETA activists spray painting the fur coats of celebrities, are you guys afraid to offend other pool players? What if they damaged your cues?
Do you feel ashamed?
No - I am not ashamed. And if someone damaged my cue - they would get damaged. Destroying my personal property will not bring back the animal that they are defending.
Spot on. I was being a little facetious with this one, as I've seen everything from green to white and some other strange colors under a black light. I collect straight razors and have quite a few ivory scaled ones. They all fluoresce differently, depending on the grain and the way they were cut, and even the thickness seems to play a part. The Lines of Owen can be pretty apparent in some and almost non-existent in others.
I could have explained the hot pin test, but that's kinda destructive. The "colder than anything else in the room" test is pretty subjective, and I sure didn't want to lead anyone to "the mayonnaise test".
Bottom line is it has to have Schreger Lines and the best way to learn about ivory is just to handle a lot of it. The reason I mentioned the black light is that even though the colors might look different, if it does glow, it is a pretty fair indicator that you might want to do another test on it, as it might indeed be ivory. I can't remember any plastic that I've seen that glowed (unless it was acrylic or butyrate that was made to glow and doesn't look anything like ivory). From what I understand, the only way to absolutely identify ivory is with chemical testing.
blackboarowner;510977http://forums.azbilliards.com/clear.gif1 said:Anyone else think I'm a barbarian?