Chucks V collets (Little Lorch lathe)

[Yorkie]

You probably know Alan that should you ever need any, you can get 'alternative ivory' (and horn and bone) in various diameters and lengths, suitable for turning on woodturning or metalworking lathes. It comes in blocks as well as round bar. This firm is on your side of the pond:

http://www.masecraftsupply.com/servlet/t...Categories

http://www.masecraftsupply.com/servlet/t...Categories

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In the UK, firms such as Axminster sell alternative ivory/horn/bone:

http://www.axminster.co.uk/alternative-i...oise-shell

Rattlesnake skin pen blanks (and other snakes) seem to have come into vogue among some pen turners. Stripped and tanned rattlesnake skin is encased in acrylic.

Some may find it attractive!

http://www.exoticblanks.com/Prairie-Ratt...I-102.html