What is pink ivory?

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I know it may sound dumb, but what exactly is pink ivory? I just bought a great cue that has a lot of pink ivory in it, but is it just like elephant ivory? The cue hits great and looks great, I was just curious if someone could explain it there is a difference between regulat ivory and pink ivory other than the color. Thanks!

Joe
 
Yup, Pink Ivory is a very nice rare wood. I think its a pretty dense wood too, but I may be wrong about that. Congrats on the new cue.
 
One of my favorite cues is a pink ivory-pointed into bacote John Davis blank completed by Alex Brick. The butt sleeve is also pink ivory. Very flashy. See below, it's the 5th cue from the right [edited].

Possibly, the most outrageous example of a pink ivory cue was executed by Dave Kikel; it is called "Pink Dianthus". I tried to google it to put up here but for some reason I can't find it. If anyone knows where an image of it is, please post it here. I'd love to see it again. The inlay work is absolutely insane. It was for sale a while back for $25,000.

Best,
Brian kc
 

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Here's a Nitti...

Ebony, Ivory & African Pink Ivory Wood... great cue
 

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"Pink Ivory wood, a sacred wood of Zulu chiefs in Southern Africa, has long been treasured as a rare wood. At one time, it was said to be rarer than diamonds. The wood grows in various parts of Africa, and takes hundreds of years to reach a size suitable to make a bowl blank. It has a very fine grain and takes as high a polish as you would like to give it. Finishes that block UV light can be advantageous, since sunlight will gradually darken the wood. A fantastic ornamental turning wood also. Very hard and heavy, with the ability to take very fine details."

There is Pink Ivory and then there is figured Pink Ivory, usually curl or bird's eyes, and sometimes burl. This is the Pink Ivory I look for to use in a cue. Here is an example of curly Pink Ivory with a little Bird's eye:

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Pink ivory is super rare and extremely hard to harvest. You have to have at least 10 shots of hard liquor before you start to see the rare pink elephants that the ivory comes from. The hard part is then chasing after the pink elephants and capturing them before they disappear ... at which point you have to start the process all over again with more alcohol.
 
NewStroke said:
This is only true for salmon eating clams. The result is pink ivory.
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I'm pretty sure you're thinking of pink pearls from salmon eating oysters. Pink ivory was described perfectly by Paulie B.

And then there's pink Abalone...


Fred <~~~ HTH
 
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