If that recent footage of a mammoth-shaped object fording a river in
Chukhotka in the Russian Far East turns out not to have been faked,
then presumably the species goes on the CITES list pretty sharpish, and
carrying smallpipes across borders gets harder...
John
In a message dated 17/02/2012 21:48:50 GMT Standard Time,
cwh...@santa-fe.freeserve.co.uk writes:
A lot of the ivory actually came from old billiard and snooker balls
as
well and a lot of of them (and other ivory work) came from mammoth
tusks
from Russia. Europeans used ivory mainly for piano keys and cutlery
handles!
I remember being advised to look out for them to make some bits for
the
pipes - mind you, that was when the recommended cane source was
flower
baskets from Spain :)
I never did get any as my attempt to make a set went very, very
wrong
when the drill came out of the side of the chanter and I realised it
was
beyond me! I think I still have a few pieces of lignum hanging
around
somewhere though (drone size).
Hippo teeth are a common source as well (and sperm whale teeth) and
anything from a mammal tooth is "ivory".
All a bit gross really. Mammoth ivory is still legal.
I'd rather have plastic myself.
Colin Hill
On 17/02/2012 21:21, Guy Tindale wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> The ivorycould possibly be walrus. Goeff Wooff used old walrus
pieces
> that I think he bought in NZ years ago in the limited number
of sets
> of pipes that he made. Then again am happy to be proven
wrong!!
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Guy T
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