How to identify the authenticity of ivory chopsticks

Summary: Ivory is formed by a unique mixture of dentine, cartilage and calcium salts, and chopsticks made of ivory are not only kitchen utensils, but also ornamental works of art. Ivory chopsticks are rare and precious, beautiful in appearance, mainly as handicrafts, decorations, collection value, less practical, and because of the fragile texture, need to be carefully used and maintained. Because of the preciousness of ivory chopsticks, there will be imitations, identify the authenticity of ivory chopsticks can be judged from the weight, bone texture, luster, color, workmanship and other aspects. See below for more information. What is the role of ivory chopsticks

1, ivory is rare and precious, ivory bone chopsticks are of course rare and precious, can show the owner's status of noble, rich. Some ivory bone chopsticks have silver inlay on one end, which can be used to detect the presence of arsenic and other sulfur-containing poisons in food.

2. The practicality of ivory chopsticks is poor because they are heavy and not as light as bamboo or wooden chopsticks. Dining with ivory bone chopsticks may cause sore fingers and arms. And because the ivory is smooth, it is difficult to clip some dishes to the mouth.

3. Ivory chopsticks are beautiful in appearance and have a relatively large collection value, mainly as handicrafts and decorations for individuals to collect.

4, the texture of ivory chopsticks is relatively brittle, so the use and maintenance should pay attention to avoid impact, drop, extrusion, fire, water immersion, acid and alkali and other violent infringement, to avoid light collection.

Ivory chopsticks how to identify the authenticity

1, weigh

The same size jewelry, the weight of ivory than artificial ivory jewelry is obviously heavier. So you can put on the hand weight can be distinguished.

2, look at the bone texture

Ivory texture is delicate, look carefully on the upper side of the fine ripples; and ordinary artificial ivory texture is rough, the upper side of the grain is also coarse, and the grain can not be easily seen. Ivory carving artwork of the skin will be aging, age, the surface will begin to yellow, and then gradually become yellowish ginger, dark yellow, until light brown. And, the same piece of ivory ware, the color is often different shades.

3, look at the luster

Lustre real ivory gloss is very good, oily and bright and ordinary bone products feel dry, not as oily as ivory products.

4, look at the color of ivory

The original color of the real ivory ivory white, while most of the ordinary bone products need to be bleached, bleached color, although the color of the ivory white, but there is no feeling of oil.

5, look at the work

Precious ivory is often in the carving of the time are more fine, more exquisite workmanship. While bone carving jewelry is more rough workmanship, artificial ivory jewelry is often left with mold traces.

Warm tip: Starting January 1, 2018, China will completely ban the processing and sale of ivory for commercial use. This means that any ivory products that appear on the Chinese market are illegal. According to Article 341 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the People's Republic of China, illegally selling, transporting, or acquiring wildlife products, ivory products included, the general circumstance is to be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of less than 5 years, or detention, and a fine. Serious circumstances will be sentenced to 5 to 10 years of imprisonment. Circle of friends, network e-commerce or forums, online trading of ivory products, illegal; any market, store and stall trading of ivory and its products, illegal; travel abroad to bring, transport ivory souvenirs back to the country (unless the National Office of Import and Export of Endangered Species Management issued a certificate), illegal. In short, in China, there is no such thing as "legal trading of ivory".