Ivory beads can still be had. Abe Chaber in CT made one for my 28 ga. VHE using Mammoth ivory. Mammoth ivory is not rare at all these days with ivory hunting Native Americans in the Canadian provinces and native peoples in the far northern climes of Eurasia as well.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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