That said, if I wanted a fossil ivory saddle, it would have to be walrus. Cross sections of elephant (left) and mammoth tusks (right) with outer Schreger lines marked, showing characteristic angle difference. King Alfred the Great of Wessex records that he was presented with walrus tusks by the Viking trader Ohthere of Hålogaland in about 890, which may mark the start of this trade. COLT 1911 & CLONES, COLT 1911 OFFICERS MODEL & CLONES, COLT .380 GOVERNMENT MODEL OR COLT MUSTANG PLUS II . COLT MUSTANG OR COLT POCKETLITE COLT 1903 - 1908, COLT 1902, COLT POLICE POSITIVE NO TWO PAIR ARE THE SAME. Sales of Fossilized Walrus Ivory Grips Are Prohibited . CALIFORNIA has STATE laws which now PROHIBIT the purchas sale or tranportation of any ivory item no matter how legal it is . To Residents of … The Vikings are thought to have started trading walrus ivory when the Conquests restricted the supply of elephant tusks from Africa, with England’s King Alfred the Great amongst the recipients. For the vast majority of good > quality accoustic guitars, good dense bone is fine and sounds better to > my ear than any of the synthetics. I do not like bone or ivory pins of any sort, as I believe the extra weight is generally detrimental.

IME it is far more similar to elephant ivory in tone and resistance to wear than mammoth ivory. Regardless, I find good quality bone to be completely satisfactory, so that's what I use.

> > Overall, my first choice would still be elephant ivory but we all know > that's out of the question these days. LET me correct a misconception concerning IVORY'S and Specifically ELEPHANT IVORY; IT IS LEGAL to own, possess,sell,trade and buy ELEPHANT IVORY IN AMERICA ! Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally elephants') and teeth of animals, that consists mainly of dentine, one of the physical structures of teeth and tusks.The chemical structure of the teeth and tusks of mammals is the same, regardless of the species of origin. In the Early Medieval period, when supplies of elephant ivory reaching Europe reduced or ceased after the Muslim conquests, walrus ivory began to be traded by Vikings into northern Europe as a replacement. FOSSILIZED ALASKAN WALRUS IVORY GRIPS. But when you’re a customs official staring at a crate full of tusks, how do you know which is which? > piece of walrus ivory. As nouns the difference between ivory and tusk is that ivory is {{context|uncountable|lang=en}} the hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals while tusk is one of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar or tusk can be a fish, the torsk. Buying mammoth ivory is, generally, legal, while buying elephant ivory, generally, is not.