Ebay ban on Ivory

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alaskanvillagearts

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I'm curious what knife makers think of Ebay's plan to ban all sales of ivory , as mammoth ivory and fossil walrus ivory are great materials for knife scales
 
Community is not the correct forum for this discussion. Moving to Shop Talk.
 
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I think that it is ridiculous to ban something that is obviously extinct, but it may stop illegal ivory being sold as ancient ivory, or I think that must be their theory behind it.

Oh and I think this might be better in Shoptalk where he can reply to it.
 
I'm sure most knifemakers don't but their Ivory or ancient ivory from ebay. Most will stick to reputiable dealers.
 
They can tell Mammoth Ivory from Elephant ivory so thats not the point. Plent of walrus and hippos and warthogs around so what is their point.
 
On another forum I frequent, an artist was talking about finding bad reproductions of her ivory artwork being sold as "antiques". The sellor pulled the usual BS one frequently encounters with these con artists. It seemed apparent to those "in the know" that the source of these ripoffs was probably offshore and the material was smuggled into the US. I'm sure this is but one of the many instances of fraud ebay has documented in reaching their decision to ban all ivory products, whether raw materials or artifacts.

Unfortunately this is another example where the legitimate sellors and buyers are going to be penalized along with the crooks. The shotgun approach of a total ban means they don't have to do policing on an item-by-item basis. They're large enough, they could care less, and it will help prevent run-ins with the authorities.
 
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I think it's sorta silly myself. I have on occasion gotten some nice ivory off E Bay, but not on a regular basis. I think this will be of more concern for those who sell ivory on E Bay rather than those who buy.
 
It's a sad day. I've bought quite a bit of ivory off eBay - and in turn bought more from sellers I'd met on eBay.

Jeeze, Charles Turnage and AKIvory were among the best! :thumbup:

I once had Canada Customs turn me over to the Canadian Wildlife Service for dealing in "an endangered species" - the wooly mammoth. The shregger lines were as they should be and the CWS told me you don't have to pass an IQ test to work for Canada Customs. (That's why they've recently been issued side arms.)

Liberals, Democrats and other bunny huggers have to realize that extreme circumstance makes for bad policy. (I accept there may be a democrat somewhere that gets it - sorry for the generalization).

Hmmm... are you sure this belongs in shop talk??? I'm going to stop now. ;)

Rob!
 
ib2v4u said:
They can tell Mammoth Ivory from Elephant ivory so thats not the point. Plent of walrus and hippos and warthogs around so what is their point.
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I don't know, but generalizations that are void of logic are common with bureaucracy.
 
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