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KamaAina

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7. Can't they carbon-date the rosewood?

Reply to Igel (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 04:50 PM

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PLEASE PLEASE support the US IVORY BAN. The IVORY TRADE MUST STOP! [View all] Flaxbee Apr 2016 OP

What on Earth do you have against pianos? KamaAina Apr 2016 #1

if that wasn't you, KamaAina, I would plotz. :D I signed! I love elephants! roguevalley Apr 2016 #2

How on Earth does someone named 'roguevalley' know what 'plotz' is? KamaAina Apr 2016 #4

my sweet great grandma Minerva Schlegelmilch. LOL! I love words. HAWAII! The place God goes to roguevalley Apr 2016 #6

Nope. Igel Apr 2016 #3

Can't they carbon-date the rosewood? KamaAina Apr 2016 #7

So just take a chuck out of the mandolin to carbon date it? Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2016 #14

For god's sake, there is a way to grandfather existing ivory from a certain period. Flaxbee Apr 2016 #8

New instruments DON'T use ivory. Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2016 #12

And old classic knives and grips dumbcat Apr 2016 #15

OK, fine. Flaxbee Apr 2016 #24

But HOW are you going to check it? dumbcat Apr 2016 #29

The music shop I work for is in possession of ivory key tops from the 1960s. Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2016 #31

Is the transferability and profit from an item more important than survival of an entire Flaxbee Apr 2016 #36

Does your mandolin or guitar have a serial number? JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2016 #17

My '32 Martin had a serial number. Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2016 #32

Absolutely! MoonRiver Apr 2016 #5

have supported a ban on ivory for years oldandhappy Apr 2016 #9

Signed. geardaddy Apr 2016 #10

Signed. K&R Hiraeth Apr 2016 #11

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+1000 catbyte Apr 2016 #16

I heard on the BBC the other night about poachers tracking elephants with Flaxbee Apr 2016 #26

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A big part of the problem is y hat many of the poachers oneshooter Apr 2016 #35

Can one still buy elephant foot umberella stands, or is that a no go too? Heeeeers Johnny Apr 2016 #18

very funny. so witty. Flaxbee Apr 2016 #25

Marta & I signed Omaha Steve Apr 2016 #19

Signed. n/t sinkingfeeling Apr 2016 #20

Signed! n/t TIME TO PANIC Apr 2016 #21

SIGNED n/t ailsagirl Apr 2016 #22

Signed and donated. Duppers Apr 2016 #23

Signed. Arugula Latte Apr 2016 #27

Ivory? What sort of perverse leader allows trade in ivory, rhino horn, giant clam-shells, etc... Jeffersons Ghost Apr 2016 #28

So, I found this "thing"..... Uben Apr 2016 #30

I will never use Ivory soap again. kwassa Apr 2016 #33

K and R! HuckleB Apr 2016 #37