This beautiful hand turned crochet hook made from Exotic Pink Ivory. The larger handle relieve stress on the hand and wrist when crocheting. This is a hand turned hook, grains and color will vary. This crochet hook measures 5 1/2" to 8" long depending on the size of the hook and is 3/4" to 7/8" in diameter at it's widest. PINK IVORY - (Berchemia zeyheri) Pink Ivory wood known as the "royal wood" of the Zulus Tribe as only full-fledged members of the Zulu Kingdom's royal family were officially allowed to possess it back in the 1800s. It's rumored that any non-royal entity (foreigners included) found in possession of Pink Ivory would face the death penalty. This is not a true fact but a plan to drive up the price, which worked very well. Pink Ivory is especially favored nowadays by carvers and turners, and is typically used to make smaller-sized items such as bowls, pool cue butts, chess pieces, golf putters, knife handles, and game calls; it is also popular for inlay and marquetry work. Pink Ivory blanks are usually on the narrower side because the trees - found predominantly in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique - rarely produce trunks wider than a foot in diameter (the trees reach heights of about 20 to 40 feet). This wood is one of the rarest woods in the world.
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