Ivory Substitute

[mortuarymike-nv]

Hot pin test

I'm curious...if an ivory substitute is found that convincingly looks like ivory...how will you prove it's not ivory if it is every questioned? As I understand it there isn't really a great way to test it without taking a sample from the cue which sounds at least mildly destructive.

Sounds like it would be just as risky as far as damage to your property goes as having real ivory, though the end consequences would be a lot better since you'd be found innocent of any violation in the end.

Ivory doesn't melt, plastics do .

 

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Ivory doesn't melt, plastics do .

So if questioned you could potentially lose your cue with an ivory substitute, or at least have it severely damaged.

Think I'll stay away from the faux ivory too if it comes to that.

 

[ROB.M]

Post

So if questioned you could potentially lose your cue with an ivory substitute, or at least have it severely damaged.

Think I'll stay away from the faux ivory too if it comes to that.

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Every cue that has any white materal of any kind is to simulate Ivory.....hope you don't have anything white in color on your cue....



Rob.M

 

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Every cue that has any white materal of any kind is to simulate Ivory.....hope you don't have anything white in color on your cue....



Rob.M

My cue has ivory stitch rings and a delrin butt cap. I don't think delrin looks much like ivory, but who knows what the unfamiliar would think. I don't plan on selling it so it's not a problem even with the real ivory in the rings. But if I lived in CA and was legitimately concerned about this sort of thing I'm not sure faux ivory that looks like the real thing would make me feel real comfortable about the safety of my cue investment if I were buying a new one and/or planned to sell.

Just a thought I had, I don't much care either way, but faux ivory that looks like the real thing certainly has an inherent risk involved if you're truly concerned about getting caught and questioned about your cue.

 

[mortuarymike-nv]

Black light

So if questioned you could potentially lose your cue with an ivory substitute, or at least have it severely damaged.

Think I'll stay away from the faux ivory too if it comes to that.

Black light works too, shows cross hatching, only issue is teaching all of the customs agents world wide .
Ivory Faux doesn't have cross hatching pattern .

I don't know for certain my guess it the hot pin test comes last .....

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[mortuarymike-nv]

Deer anter

So if questioned you could potentially lose your cue with an ivory substitute, or at least have it severely damaged.

Think I'll stay away from the faux ivory too if it comes to that.

I do allot with deer and elk antler .

 

[Facundus Cues]

I put some on a couple old brunswick tru balance house cues here and it did not last too long before it just spilt down the center. It was the first 2 ferrules that I ever did from rod and they were not threaded or capped. Just a tenon a little better than .250 if I remember right. It is nice looking material and reminds me a lot of the smell of custom car audio fiberglass fabrication when I was cutting.