Potato Ivory

[David C. Stanwood]

I was surfing for a plastic ivory substitute to make may touch weight
metrology jigs out of and came across this interesting post, it is a
collection of discussions on ivory substitutes:

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/ivory-msg.html

One quote from this I just have to mention it sounds so odd:

David Stanwood

>Well, according to a book I got from Lindsay Technical Books, you can make
an acceptable ivory substitute >if you: 
>
>          "masticate" potatoes for 3 days in
>           sulferic acid, dry between two pieces of
>           blotting paper, and subject to great pressure.
>
>I suspect this is designed for flat bits to go on pianos, but if you've
got something to use as a mold..... 
>
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