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Ivory sales and us... New ban is looking like it's going to be in effect

The new ivory ban makes interstate sales of anything ivory made illegal without proper
Documentation of antique (over 100 years old as defined by them) so now we cannot sell our ivory razors across US state lines... Just a warning to all those who sell on eBay... The burden falls to the seller of proof and any items can be now confiscated without documentation..

I have not read when this will take into effect but from my understanding very very soon....

Even if the razor has just an ivory wedge it cannot be sold....

PLEASE don't make this discussion about the politics as that is against our forum rules..

Just putting a heads up out there
 
Very interesting. I feel like this would be a very difficult thing for them to enforce on a National level.
 
Nope nothing to do with possession I was referring to sales... It's not worth getting caught selling a razor with an ivory wedge across state lines... The law goes into effect in the next 90 days so ivory sellers are in panic mode...
 
And that 30 dollar slab will do only one side of the scales... You'll need two or 60 dollars worth to make one razor
 
100 years? That is ridiculous ... here the limit is 1947, same as in the UK and other European countries. Which of course is still arbitrary ... the elephants that made that ivory have died a long time ago already. But a century sounds needlessly restrictive.
 
Proof that it's all about LOOKING like you're doing something. Not actually doing something. Actually getting the governments of these nations to enforce the law rather than just putting money in their own pockets and living like kings while their people starve is hard. Telling the post office they are cleared to go around stealing and smashing some 200 year old razor scales because there's no paperwork mailed with them and then patting yourself on the back for stopping the ivory trade is easy.
 
Telling the post office they are cleared to go around stealing and smashing some 200 year old razor scales because there's no paperwork mailed with them and then patting yourself on the back for stopping the ivory trade is easy.

I'm interested to see how much training they give the postal workers to differentiate between faux ivory and the real deal. We shall see.
 
Someone on the other forums who sells ivory products said 90 days but I can't substantiate that... I have 1 ivory razor (helje mk31) so I'm not too worried but some people have 7 day sets they can no longer sell across state borders... Just another incentive to keep them
 
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