Ivory is not a "child of the Weatherby era". My gun find of the year is a pre 1900 Linder Daly Diamond Grade with ivory grip cap rather than the usually seen horn cap. Burt Becker's ivory tipped Foxes were built in the prewar era. John Oberlies, mostly prewar riflemaker whose best work makes a Griffin and Howe look home made, used ivory on many or most of his guns, and not always just on the forend tip and grip caps. Use it if you have it.