Ivory owners in California

cbr1000

cbr1000

Joined
Jan 31, 2013
Messages
3,020
Curious about what the knife owners in California are planning on doing with their ivory scaled knives? I'm not 100% up to date on the ivory ban in California. My understanding is that everyone has less than a year to sell what they have or face fines and/or jail time for owning ivory in California?

Again, I'm not fully informed, but I also keep reading about potential nationwide ban on interstate sales of ivory. Curious to know your thoughts on how this will impact the price of ivory scaled knives. My initial thought is online dealers will want to dump what they have so prices might drop? On the other hand prices might go up because less knives with ivory scales are produced.

Makes me wonder if it's best to pass on a ivory scaled knife because if a California like ban happens nationwide it's not worth going to jail.
 
cbr1000 said:
Curious about what the knife owners in California are planning on doing with their ivory scaled knives? I'm not 100% up to date on the ivory ban in California. My understanding is that everyone has less than a year to sell what they have or face fines and/or jail time for owning ivory in California?

Again, I'm not fully informed, but I also keep reading about potential nationwide ban on interstate sales of ivory. Curious to know your thoughts on how this will impact the price of ivory scaled knives. My initial thought is online dealers will want to dump what they have so prices might drop? On the other hand prices might go up because less knives with ivory scales are produced.

Makes me wonder if it's best to pass on a ivory scaled knife because if a California like ban happens nationwide it's not worth going to jail.
Click to expand...

You can send them to me to store in my gun safe or call them white micarta and store them in your safe.





 
Ya, I can see getting pulled over for speeding and having my "white micarta" pocket knife tested....
 
cbr1000 said:
Ya, I can see getting pulled over for speeding and having my "white micarta" pocket knife tested....
Click to expand...

Where did EDC ever enter the thread? All I said was put it in your safe as a nice collectible. Do you have any idea how many older pianos and organs have ivory keys? Do you think they will pull them out of some old churches? I would not get too excited about it. They need to fix their problem with illegals before they worry about old ivory.
 
Last edited:
Yes, now that you pointed it out I see that. Below is along the lines of what I have been reading:

"Owners of ivory would be given until July 1, 2016, to sell it. After that, sales would be a misdemeanor, with fines of up to $50,000 and a year in jail."

Just skimming over the articles I overlooked the "sales" part. Thanks for clearing that up for me!

So with this in mind, if you live in California and buy ivory plan on keeping it or parting with it discretely.

I wonder if we will eventually see this nationwide. It seems like this has been an issue for many years, but feels like it's been in the national spotlight recently.. Obama mentioned it during his trip to Kenya I believe.
 
GatorFlash1 said:
Where did EDC ever enter the thread? All I said was put it in your safe as a nice collectible. Do you have any idea how many older pianos and organs have ivory keys? Do you think they will pull them out of some old churches? I would not get too excited about it. They need to fix their problem with illegals before they worry about old ivory.
Click to expand...

in cali? yes I can see that. no offense to those who live there, but it can be a strange place.
 
My unused crackle scales are for sale. The hell with what CA libs say.
 
The government telling you what you can have or changing that which you already own to being illegal is just another step into taking away all our rights.
Instead of rolling over like foolish sheep, stand up for all your rights before it's to late. It's not a Dem or Rep issue, it's an American Rights issue. What next? What clothes you can wear, who your friends are? What education/profession you can pursue? Don't laugh...think about what crazy laws we have had forced upon us in just the last 25 years.

The ivory bans on import/export of modern ivory have been working, this new round is just a ploy/diversion.

When was the last time a mastodon was endangered for piss sake? Giraffe bone however is fine? Stupidest thing CA has tried to do for ages. I guess cops will now have to cary a field drug test and ivory field test kit? I'm moving out of this messed up State for that very reason, the politicians are absolute morons. What a joke this state has become and worse yet, the rest of the Country seems desperate to follow suit!

The Government is so afraid that the citizens will eventually get smart and revolt is what this is all about. Keep Americans fat, lazy
uneducated, poor, unarmed and in constant fear. Similar to the control tactics that Germany/Russia used...were being led down a well laid path.
 
Last edited:
I can see a black market starting, this could potentially put the USA in a situation where smuggled ivory becomes an actual problem. Restricting free trade of a substance that poses no risk from interstate commerce while regulation on import is in effect seems... whacky.
 
Most people can't tell the difference from real to fake ivory. I don't see the cops worrying to much about it. Buy and sell out of state. Don't put it up for sale locally on Craigslist.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top