Last week, I mentioned that I’d emailed CanadianIvory.com about the possibility of buying a narwhal tusk, pretty much on a whim. It’d be an awesome centrepiece of a room to have a freaking narwhal tusk mounted on a wall, 6 foot long or so.
Well, the guy got back to me. With a list. A list of tusks that covered 5 pages when printed out. 5 pages of available narwhal tusks of varying lengths, quality and price. Fantastic!
The lengths vary from less than 12 inches to 8 feet (8 feet!), and on most of the longer ones there is apparently a bit of chipping near the tip. Whether that occurred whilst the narwhal was still alive or after it was killed, I’m not sure. Are narwhals known to fight?
[Sudden image of narwhals involved in some sort of underwater fencing. Parry, parry, thrust.]
The guy only has one complete skull + tusk combo, with a 4’4” tusk on 2’ skull. It’s the most expensive item on his list, but I bet it looks fucking sweet.
Unfortunately, UK laws don’t allow for the import of narwhal tusks directly, but it is possible to import elsewhere into the EU, and then it’s no problem at all to bring it into the UK, if my memory of EU law from my time at university is accurate.
I’ll think I’ll add this to my “things to do when I win the lottery” list.
