Post #385262 by Paipo on Sat, Jun 7, 2008 1:33 AM

Nice score BK! You may know this already, but it's worth mentioning here as a general carver's PSA that tortoise (turtle) shell comes under CITES legislation, and reworked objects made from antique (pre-1947) material aren't exempt from the ban on sale or export/import. As long as anything you make is for personal use you aren't breaking any laws, but in the end I decided it wasn't worth it for me - I was looking at preparing material from whole shells, and for that kind of effort I need a a return.

It's a shame, cause the integrity of the material speaks for itself:

I might still give it a go one day if I can find a little something that is cheap enough to warrant recycling....