VEGETABLE IVORY - Three Fruits That Can Be Used as an Ivory Substitute
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Episode: 721 Vegetable Ivory
Species: Phytelephas macrocarpa, Hyphanae, Metroxylon
Location: NYC, USA & Nadi, Fiji
Thanks to www.wanderlustnursery.com for sending me the tagua nut
Thanks to Steven for joining me in Fiji. Check out his Instagram at: MurrayStevanA2
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0:00-4:04 What is Tagua Nut?
4:04-6:11 Hyphanae Vegetable Ivory (Makalani)
6:11-11:30 Metroxylon Vegetable Ivory
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@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
For more fruit check out the top episodes here: kzfaq.info/sun/PLvGFkMrO1ZxJldWKpSAhhnxuPYVeCt8oj Or watch them ALL!: kzfaq.info/sun/PLvGFkMrO1ZxJ-evPigMn8Mrp0u8bH_TRE
@robertmoreau8663 10 ай бұрын
Cool!
@edgarburlyman738 10 ай бұрын
Coconut meat when you first try to eat it as a kid
@richardbidinger2577 10 ай бұрын
I think I was more impressed that you found an actual archival movie clip from back in the day showing those buttons being made. Fantastic research.
@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
I was so happy to find that, its from 1922
@danielsmith8837 10 ай бұрын
@@WeirdExplorercrazy to think they had machinery like that even back then
@walrusbyte263 10 ай бұрын
101 years ago... that's wild!
@kevinpeters6709 10 ай бұрын
Pilot episode of How it’s Made
@mfmatthew420 6 ай бұрын
Yes kudos indeed very impressive, and quite impressive gnawing Steven hahaha
@hd-c1296 10 ай бұрын
Oh my lord, the "carving" of the nut had me in stitches, your dry subtle humour is hilarious.
@tenchuu007 10 ай бұрын
That carving you did was totally seamless and not suspicious at all. Lovely piece.
@cann5565 10 ай бұрын
Do you know if they're for sale?
@erikesparza685 10 ай бұрын
😂❤
@stevenmurray3238 10 ай бұрын
I did notice I chipped a tooth after this, it might have happened when I was trying to eat the ivory nut for this video or could have been the nut from the one tree in Vanuatu lol. Great editing and a great video
@rogergadley9965 10 ай бұрын
Plant ivory is sold to woodworkers. It’s often used as accent or inlay pieces. For example I’ve seen key escutcheon inserts made of Tagus nut “bone.”
@tktspeed1433 10 ай бұрын
I could see it being used as binding and the dot inlays for guitars, also, the nuts.
@curtisthomas2670 10 ай бұрын
Tagua nuts were once used as ballast material to balance sailing ships for Transatlantic voyages. When a ship docked in Germany an artist took some home to see what he could make with them and discovered the inner part was similar to ivory and began using them. Sailors later used them for miniature scrimshaw artwork on journeys.
@sinisterthoughts2896 10 ай бұрын
That carving work was so smooth I didn't even notice how much you achieved until you were done.
@Charles-cs8mv 10 ай бұрын
First I was like "what a weird guy", but the more of your content I watch the more I get into it. It's fascinating and inspiring. Thank you!
@t3hwaddledee 10 ай бұрын
This is awesome! I’ve seen piles of ivory that have been confiscated and burned, seen orphaned elephants who had herd members poached for their tusks. So sad when we have alternatives that are just as nice AND sustainable. Thanks for the info, I’ll be looking for some palm ivory bracelets!
@Itsunclegabby 10 ай бұрын
Sad, pathetic, void of empathy or compassion-
@beccalarsen8615 10 ай бұрын
I have a fairly decent collection of tegua carvings. I've been collecting for about 10 years now. I love them
@l01j99 10 ай бұрын
I love this! I hope it catches on so that animals aren't killed for ivory ❤
@hlessiavedon 10 ай бұрын
Unfortunetly, most ivory is poached for "medicinal purposes" on the chinese market now a days
@gabbycarter965 10 ай бұрын
@@hlessiavedon There are no medicinal purposes. The same with rhinos horns. I wish some people wouldn't be so ignorant.
@hlessiavedon 10 ай бұрын
@@gabbycarter965 why do you think I put it in quotation marks. I know there are no health benefits, but good luck telling those pervy old Chinese men that.
@RoseNZieg 10 ай бұрын
Sadly they are ignorant..
@AwesomeFish12 10 ай бұрын
There are resins that are cheap to make and are indistinguishable from ivory. It's not like there was ever a lack of alternatives to real ivory, it's just a status symbol because it's expensive.
@bigbird2451 10 ай бұрын
I collect skulls and particularly skull beads. I have a couple of large skulls made of taqua nut and a whole dried nut that I really need to dig out of it's hiding place.
@darriendastar3941 10 ай бұрын
Such a fascinating video. I'd never even conceived that there'd be such a thing as vegetable ivory. I learn so much from watching your videos. (Also, Steve attacking the fruit in Fiji - the man's a hero!)
@Losttoanyreason 10 ай бұрын
He did it so we wouldn't have to!😂
@darriendastar3941 10 ай бұрын
LOL - this is very true! LOL@@Losttoanyreason
@darriendastar3941 10 ай бұрын
LOL LOL LOL :-D@@Losttoanyreason
@youtube.commentator 10 ай бұрын
9:38 🤣 Steven always brings decent content to your videos
@gingermany6223 10 ай бұрын
Steven seems like a really fun traveling partner. He just jumps right in!
@jinkim5785 10 ай бұрын
I own a little carving of a dolphin made from a tagua nut that I bought in Peru almost exactly 11 years ago. It's definitely a neat little keeper and certainly seems like "ivory" for a total amateur like me.
@DreapsterAtRoblox 10 ай бұрын
You’re a consistent KZfaq channel I really appreciate you’re dedication towards this never stop
@JerryLoffelbein 10 ай бұрын
I think I've recently seen some guitar picks being made from Tagua Nut. They have a lot of attack since they don't flex, so probably more suited to rock/metal staccato picking than acoustic strumming.
@stephenworthington-white8294 10 ай бұрын
Stephen going beast mode was pretty good!! Super interesting I had no idea veggie ivory is a thing! Happy Travels
@bvazdiniz 10 ай бұрын
Here in Brazil we usually call the first vegetable ivory you showed us, JARINA.
@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
Interesting!
@Filipe_Veras 10 ай бұрын
I had a jarina ring, but I got fat and stop using it
@wickedninja8599 10 ай бұрын
This is really cool! I hope more people look into this, because ivory harvesting is disgusting and just evil.
@Volt64bolt 10 ай бұрын
I mean, only when the animals are hunted and killed for it. Mammoth ivory, Ivory from already dead animals, and reusing old ivory is perfectly morally acceptable imo.
@eekee6034 10 ай бұрын
@@Volt64bolt Yeah, but when there's a market for mammoth ivory, there will be poachers killing real elephants. Greed and desperation rule this world, IMO.
@Volt64bolt 10 ай бұрын
@@eekee6034 exactly. Great assist
@langustajableczna 10 ай бұрын
@@sei.tsukino yes, wild animals are still poached.
@tiki_trash 10 ай бұрын
Persimmon wood is called white ebony. It's as hard and dense as African ebony but it's an ivory color instead of black. I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in the video.
@nergalblacksun 10 ай бұрын
well, it is not a fruit, which might be why idk. Still- good to know ^^
@demonkiller479 10 ай бұрын
Persimmon and african ebony are actually the same genus. An American species the texas persimmon Diospyros texana actually has black heartwood like ebony in large trees.
@tiki_trash 10 ай бұрын
@@nergalblacksun But the examples he showed were not the fruit either but the nut or seed. Persimmon is a fruit tree.
@nunyabidniz2868 10 ай бұрын
Hachi? Fuyu? Which varietal has the hard wood? Other than for clarinets, IDK of any great use for the dense, dark wood of the ebony tree. Rather have a supply of hop hornbeam, personally... [Edit] Thanks for the info tho'! Useful to someone, I'm sure, and I enjoy learning something new. 👍
@KingdomOfDimensions 10 ай бұрын
@@tiki_trashStop being pedantic. Fruit contains seeds. Fruit does not contain wood. This channel has very often talked about seeds but has rarely talked about wood. Your info about persimmon wood is interesting but you should not be surprised that it wasn't mentioned on this channel.
@obvioustroll8181 10 ай бұрын
That's so cool. If I've learned anything from your channel its how versatile fruit it. We should be incorporating more useful fruit into our daily lives. So much untapped potential.
@reilea9977 10 ай бұрын
Very informative. We should get back to nature as often as we can. Plastic buttons should be eliminated and have this replace them. But, I am curious to know how long they would last through a washer machine wash and dried in the dryer. Wonder what the longevity is.This video was fun to watch! Learned something new today. Anywho, hey from NC, it's 10:18 pm Wednesday😎
@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
I think they would fair better than plastic. I'm going to put my buttons on a shirt and see how they hold up!
@Ecato 10 ай бұрын
I like these videos about fruits that aren't necessarily edible but useful in other ways. I think it will be interesting to do more videos about botanicals like tea tree oil and jojoba that have fruits that are used in other ways.
@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
there's a jojoba nut video on the channel somewhere but it's just a quick thing. I think making a larger episode on how is used to make oil and the history around it would be fun
@NarutoSSj6 10 ай бұрын
I love Steve! Best guest in all of these videos! About the dome fruit. I used to eat a fruit in my childhood that had a similar looks to dome fruit. Well, the fruit i ate is named syrian mesquite. Maybe something to add to your list. Syrian mesquite is eaten when its dry, at least thats what i remember eating. Tastes like corn snack in a way, its dense like those big pretzel only dry and taste sweet and bitter, kinda like caramelized onions and eggplant. The fruit looks like the eggplants maybe thats why i associate it with eggplant, even believed it was a tiny dried eggplant for the longest time.
@oOTaylorTotOo 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for the info!! Between these plants and patravali leaves, it seems like we could hypothetically cut down on plastic and styrofoam use quite a bit!
@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
Absolutely and those leaves are so cool.
@singagency1481 10 ай бұрын
Metroxylon sp. belongs to the Sago palm family. The fruit is edible but the trunk is where the prized sago is obtained.
@KerstinMamma 10 ай бұрын
The recent focus on comedy is great honestly.
@curtisthomas2670 10 ай бұрын
The South American peach palm has a seed that is sometimes used to make beads and jewelry similar to ivory. The fruit is edible too.
@hi-if7lj 10 ай бұрын
Those old videos from the 1920's are amazing
@mihaiilie8808 10 ай бұрын
This was the only quick shout out on youtube that wasnt annoying.
@mandab.3180 10 ай бұрын
snake fruits & co have the absolute coolest looking skins
@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
Truth
@markiangooley 10 ай бұрын
Back when I did woodworking I bought a few tagua nuts, rock-hard and rather a pain to work with. I could never seem to get a nice useful piece without a gap or crack in the wrong place. I used to wonder whether fresh ones might be trimmed and pressed (under a lot of pressure!) together, then carefully dried to make a solid block of more-useful material that would hold together. I never found out.
@JTMusicbox 10 ай бұрын
Nice! Three Amazing plants in the same video. It’s crazy how hard those are!
@CrankyOtter 10 ай бұрын
Cool. My dad loves these things so I’ve had them around but didn’t look into their fruits much.
@thudor1 9 ай бұрын
The tagua nut looks like it's perfect for making the mountings for a set of Great Scottish Highland bagpipes and Irish uilleann pipes!!
@makinghay 10 ай бұрын
I love this video idea. I’ve been watching for a long time and this is fantastic.
@applegal3058 10 ай бұрын
I love the editing and little descriptive clips in this video Jared!
@monkeytoes90 10 ай бұрын
Your videos continue to increase in quality, loving it
@Spiderbeeen 10 ай бұрын
I enjoy your videos so much, they are always a treat. I always learn something new and you present it in such a fun way!
@catherine_404 10 ай бұрын
I have tagua earrings. It's a lovely material. It is light, it's tough, it can be dyed, it seem to have mostly uniform structure. I wish there was more tagua items made and sold.
@jamestboehm6450 10 ай бұрын
A truly interesting video, you come up with some of the most interesting subjects. I'm an old guy and been on 5 continents but you always seem to go above and beyond.
@bernardosax 10 ай бұрын
Great stuff as always!
@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy it
@tikiclock 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for doing these videos!
@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@laureeeent 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@sirllamalot1980 10 ай бұрын
Can we take a moment to realise that Jared is actually using manual focus on a camera. This has to be a first for youtube.
@aixmcduck9321 10 ай бұрын
Without this video I may have never known vegetable ivory existed. Thank you for sharing this information, I am really intrigued and enthused to know that it exists!
@Me-th3gj 10 ай бұрын
lol I enjoyed how you made it seem like you were carving out a container for those buttons yourself. Gave the moment a fun, new dimension to it.
@artemischo3500 10 ай бұрын
Yes!! Tagua Nuts are so cool! We came across them when we visited Ecuador back in 2020 and they have such versatility!
@ShellyS2060 10 ай бұрын
I enjoy watching you and Steven so much Its gotta be great to have a friend to travel with.
@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
Steven is a great travel buddy
@nixon5452 10 ай бұрын
this is an excellent video. The quality is on par with a documentary that would be on PBS in the early oughts.
@langustajableczna 10 ай бұрын
Very interesting video on topic I don't know well. You channel is like a breath of fresh air of old youtube, just someone being very passionate and interesting, wanting to share his knowledge. Whenever me or my parents find a fruit abroad on holidays I just look through you channel and translate the video to them, and each time there was one! Thank you very much for all you have done so far :)
@mariakapary1917 10 ай бұрын
That t-shirt is amazing! I think i will buy one, soon! I really enjoy your videos! Thank you🌺❤️
@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@DudokX 10 ай бұрын
That was some nice videogame crafting animation lol also I wonder what the people below on the street thought you were doing on the balcony, biting into something and spitting while filming yourself, hahaha!
@hollywebster6844 10 ай бұрын
I just looked at Wanderlust Nursery palm ivory figurines and jewelery. So lovely! I'm definitely going to purchase some items for myself and gifts.
@manisdogfish 10 ай бұрын
So cool!
@JustACitrus 10 ай бұрын
Good job definitely carving that little pot. You should start selling your artwork 😉
@robertmoreau8663 10 ай бұрын
Nice, ive just realised that you didnt try FRESH JUNIPER BERRIES, you know juniper berries as a spice for sure but fresh?! Yeah its located in mountains I think in North America and it is kind of rare in a way so maybe you should find another interesting berry called "dewberry", in the same genus as raspberries and blackberries. It also looks like a tiny blackberry but with a hint of blue-ish gray
@brandon9172 10 ай бұрын
Pacific Dewberry is amazing.
@edgarburlyman738 10 ай бұрын
Those are not worth going up a mountain to try lol
@ferretyluv 10 ай бұрын
Juniper berries are found all over the east coast. People plant the bushes for decoration, but the berries are edible. They taste like gin. If you go to the Korean War memorial in DC, there’s juniper bushes EVERYWHERE and they seem to always have berries.
@robertmoreau8663 10 ай бұрын
@@ferretyluv yeah
@bconsilio3764 10 ай бұрын
Wow what a professional!
@elizabethmcglothlin5406 10 ай бұрын
Tauga was very popular when I was younger for making art.
@SimpleIdeaz 10 ай бұрын
Steven is a Savage
@nnebundoannaobi1386 10 ай бұрын
I once bought a massager in Ecuador made out of that I believe and wood, super smooth and effective.
@elliephants7047 10 ай бұрын
Golly, I wish I had your talent for carving nuts into tiny vases! That first one was REALLY cool, it looked completely bonkers as far as like...consistency. How on earth does a tree make that and expect it to turn into another tree. The hell. I hope Steven recovered from his madness, diving into that yucky one like that!!!
@toericabaker 10 ай бұрын
COOOL!!!! I need to try these in my art!!!
@PIZZAloverNUMBERS 10 ай бұрын
Hmmm that trimming looked a little sus... but nobody ever lies on the internet so great job!
@elliotwhite32 10 ай бұрын
great film here
@frankmacleod2565 10 ай бұрын
that little vase thingy sure is fine looking.
@tessjuel 10 ай бұрын
One of the reasons why vegetable ivory and such was replaced first by celluloid and later by fossil oil based plastics was that carving is so much more labor intensive than molding. This should be much less of a problem now that we have all sorts of programmable carving tools though. The question are, how easy is it to harvest and process those seeds and how big a crop can we get?
@renaebettenhausen3611 10 ай бұрын
It would be a blast if you would reach out to Tim Yoder of Woodturners Workshop and provide him with a few of these. The resulting videos would be hilarious.
@ColonelTwisty 10 ай бұрын
this is so cool omg
@volvok7749 10 ай бұрын
My man Steven has beaver genes
@Sojoboscribe 9 ай бұрын
I understand that Hyphanae isn't very popular for a couple of reasons. One, it's really hard to get the "ivory" out (I've done this, you have to get through the "gingerbread" then saw through the wooden shell, then scrape the reddish outer parts of the kernel off until you get to the white "ivory" 2. it's actually hollow in the middle of the Ivory, so you can't make anything really thick out of it (okay for buttons, but not much else) and 3. Compared to the other two, it has a greater tendency to shrivel and warp as time goes by.)
@BenjaminBanhammer 10 ай бұрын
I was just in Ecuador at the market at mitad del mundo and they sell tons and tons of varieties of carvings (animals, dinosaurs, bowls, etc) for dirt cheap of Tagua nut. I got a duck.
@sheridanbright4676 10 ай бұрын
Very cool
@theabhominal8131 10 ай бұрын
well now i am ordering some of these since my wife is a sculptor and loves finding ivory substitutes....
@wisecoconut5 10 ай бұрын
Stephan taking one for science! 😂
@jerotoro2021 10 ай бұрын
Never understood the demand for ivory. We have literally hundreds of other materials you can make buttons and carvings and piano keys out of, ivory is thoroughly unnecessary. BUT, these are really nutty materials. Quite cool.
@WeirdExplorer 10 ай бұрын
Its far less common these days at least but I've seen Ivory shops while traveling
@DeathMetalDerf 10 ай бұрын
Mainly commenting to appease the almighty algorithm! I hope everyone is doing well and having a great day!
@AbiNomac 10 ай бұрын
God has provided us with EVERYTHING.
@josephbrooks9385 10 ай бұрын
You should look into Creeping Snowberries, Gaultheria hispidula
@lorenr3276 10 ай бұрын
Very interesting. Can they be pieced together to create a larger object?
@tcuisix 10 ай бұрын
Wow cool
@markvetter4711 10 ай бұрын
I have a Taqua nut, picked it on one on trips to Central America. Trying figure out a good turtle design to carve it in to.
@lucasmoreno9848 9 ай бұрын
Bro his phlegm in the Fiji segments oof. Love ur videos
@williamhart4896 10 ай бұрын
In Canada just hit up Lee Valley Tools for tegua nuts
@pattheplanter 10 ай бұрын
I have a tagua nut seahorse that has become slightly darker over the eight years I have had it.
@AHD2105 10 ай бұрын
Lol love your carving skills😂😅 Is it has hard as ivory?
@MermaidMakes 10 ай бұрын
3:41 Now wait just a gosh darn second here…
@somewhereinitaly.....3580 10 ай бұрын
This is so New..
@CookingWithCows 10 ай бұрын
That's nuts
@0125AR 10 ай бұрын
I think i have some of these tauga nuts at work was wondering what they were
@georgiv7154 10 ай бұрын
Goat 9:31
@bryanwilson8130 10 ай бұрын
Ooh, comedy today! Nice!
@andiarrohnds5163 10 ай бұрын
aww dude i want some tagua nut buttons now 😅
@yvonneosborne6934 10 ай бұрын
You can carve avocado pits.
@theothertonydutch 10 ай бұрын
Genmod those tagua nuts to make them a lot bigger and you can make piano keys out of them.
@extropiantranshuman 10 ай бұрын
putting on my vegan sectino of my personal website!
@ericgillespie2812 10 ай бұрын
The knife bit made me rofl!
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