"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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> >>>"Dan Logcher" > wrote in message
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> >>>
> >>>>Musashi wrote:
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> >>>>>"Gerry" > wrote in message
> cks...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>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
>
> They got them way before the ban, early 80's.
>

Very good.
I have a hawkbill turtle shell from the Bahamas somewhere in the basement
that I got in 1983.