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"Dan Logcher" > wrote in message
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> Musashi wrote:
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> > "Dan Logcher" > wrote in message
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> >>Musashi wrote:
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> >>>"Gerry" > wrote in message
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> >>>>In article > , Musashi
> > wrote:
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> >>>>
> >>>>>>I'm surprised that the later (the good chopsticks) are bamboo. Seems
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>it
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>would be more difficult to produce. Are they actually made from
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>bamboo
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>pulp?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>Pulp as in....mashed up and reformed bamboo?
> >>>>>I don't think so because every bamboo chopstick I have ever broken
> >>>>>(yes I was not a quiet child) you could see spots, vertical strands.
> >>>>>I dont think you'd see this if it was pulp.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>Yeah, true enough. Maybe the uncurl the bamboo and stamp it. Who
> >>>>knows...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>After a discussion with the wife last night, plus a good look at all

the
> >>>chopsticks we
> >>>have in the house, it seems that I did leave out something.
> >>>Apparently when I said "all the best chopsticks are bamboo" that was
> >>>

> > wrong.
> >
> >>>Some of the finest chopsticks are made of hardwoods like oak, etc.
> >>>
> >>I have 6 sets that are made with ironwood from Thailand, and two pair of
> >>jade chopsticks from China. I've never used the jade sets, since I was
> >>told they are too brittle and would shatter if dropped.

>
> >
> > I presume the Jade set is an decorative set, not for use.

>
>
> Yes. I jokingly told me friend before he left for his Asia trip to
> bring me back a pair of jewel encrusted chopsticks. He brought back
> two set of jade, but was told they shouldn't be used.
>
> >>My parents have two sets of ivory chopsticks that were a gift from some
> >>Japanese students.

> >
> > They did a good job getting it past US Customs.

>
> This was a long time ago. When did the ban on ivory go into
> effect?
>


Fish and Wildlife Service
For Release June 27, 1989
Patricia Fisher 202-343-5634
Elizabeth Lipscomb 202-343-5634

Fish & Wildlife Service Issues Policy Enforcing
African Ivory Ban

Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan today announced the Interior
Department's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's policy for enforcing the
June 9 ban on importation of African elephant ivory into the United
States.

Under the ban, it is illegal to import African elephant ivory from
any country. This ban covers commercial and non-commercial shipments
(including through the mail) of raw or worked (carved) ivory, including
antiques and items in personal accompanying baggage or household ef-
fects.

http://www.totse.com/en/politics/gre...et/ivory2.html