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9th August 2012, 03:44 PM
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I weep for the fate of the antique ivory Billiard Ball .
 Can't you find another source for your ivory, Detlef ? Here, I have found Hippo tusks for sale on gunbroker.com .  Much easier to work with ! Last edited by Rick; 9th August 2012 at 04:21 PM. |
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9th August 2012, 08:28 PM
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Hello Detlef, Well it looks as though you have your work cut out for you on this one. Please keep us posted on the progress. It should be a very nice gunong once you are finished with it.
Rick, I hate to say it but one time years ago I saw a group of shooters using ivory billiard balls as targets like clay pidgins. Talk about a waste !!!  Robert |
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9th August 2012, 09:13 PM
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Seriously, that Hippo Ivory is prime ... and it has a natural curve . 
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10th August 2012, 04:32 PM
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Thank you Robert! Of course I will post further pictures of the progress and I hope you are right!   Regards, Detlef |
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10th August 2012, 04:27 PM
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have look long for old ivory for some restauration and have seen that ervery time again billiard balls listed in ebay and have win this one by not $70! I am a little bit afraid to order a hippo tusk by gunbroker.com.  Isn't it on the cites list? Regards, Detlef Last edited by Sajen; 10th August 2012 at 07:15 PM. |
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10th August 2012, 07:02 PM
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I can inquire from the Seller or pass on their site address to you if you cannot connect with gunbroker.com . The Seller had lots of teeth, lots . Now, you got that ivory cue ball for seventy cents !?!?
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10th August 2012, 07:20 PM
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10th August 2012, 07:23 PM
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9th September 2012, 11:24 PM
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The silver is cleaned and the end cap as well the ferrule from silver is repaired and I have etched the blade. the pictures are a little bit blurry, will take better ones tomorrow by day light. The blade become very dark by etching with vinegar but show a clear lamination. What do you think, is it worth to receive an ivory pommel?
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10th September 2012, 01:30 PM
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Personally i think you would be wasting the ivory on this piece....and while some of those bands might well be Moro they still look to me like a mismatched grouping that were not originally together on a single hilt.
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10th September 2012, 04:20 PM
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Thanks Sajen for reminding me. Maybe is the operative word. The filigree work could be Sulu or Mindanao. Seen both. If solid silver could be Sulu, though recently I think I have seen Mindanao pieces like that as well. Certainly if plated it is definitely Mindanao.
I do wonder if the scabbard is an even later replacement for this piece. Dimensions seem a little bit larger than needed for the guard. Tough to evaluate. |
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10th September 2012, 11:24 PM
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Hi David, I am as well still uncertain which material I shall use for the pommel. But I am sure that the fittings are made for this blade but if they are old as the blade is a other question. And it is maybe more difficult to find banati wood than ivory of which sort ever. Regards, Detlef |
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