WALRUS TUSK-Pros & Cons

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An auctioneer friend of mine, showed me a picture of a tusk, he has in an auction today. It looks to be about 16" long & 3", at the base & gets thin kwickly. It seems too thin, to be Elephant. SO... if it is Walrus, are there any difficulties working with it & is it legal? I seem to remember reading, that you can only use Walrus, in the state that it is harvested in?...JER
 
WALRUS (non-fossil)-- Regulated by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act. Raw walrus ivory predating the Dec. 21, 1972 law, tusks bearing the Alaska state walrus ivory registration tags or post-law walrus ivory that has been carved or scrimshawed by an Alaskan native (Eskimo) are legal to buy, possess, and sell. Raw walrus ivory obtained after 12/21/72 is not legal to buy or sell unless both parties are Eskimo (it is legal to own). A $30 export permit is required to ship walrus ivory or oosik (legal as per above) out of the United States.



FOSSIL WALRUS IVORY-- Not restricted as it pre-dates the 1972 cutoff, it is legal to buy and sell anywhere within the United States. Shipping ivory or oosik (fossil walrus penal bone) out of the U. S. requires a $30 permit.


This was the quick google findings
 
i'm CERTAINLY no activist or pro peta or anything remotely like that, and i do order ivory ferrules at times, but doesn't it seem like you're all straining all too hard to find an ivory alternative.
 
Quick question & food for thought.

How much ivory does it take for you to make just one more ball ?
KJ
 
I have bought walrus tusk before and the middle was soft and yellow the nerve hadn't aged enough so i wound up with 2-3 joints and a bunch of ferrule's. Some joint had some nerve in it 3\4-7\8 was white with a tinge of yellow. Since then i learned to do more research.

Hope it helps,
Craig
 
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