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Mammoth Ivory for grips.

These few pieces [Mammoth] I have came from de-commissioned Alaskan dog sled runners picked from a junk pile. The only black ivory in my stash. The solid stuff, I traded a knife or two for back in the Eighties He was a gold miner local up there. mike Ps. you should have seen the walrus tusks/head I passed on. Oh that stuff was smooth.Grips.jpg
 
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Only Vintage Alaskan Mammoth. But If you know how to carve this stuff into six shooter grips I'm all ears. The flat projects, it is just a slow stinky PIA job. Carving the harder smooth stuff into a useable shape ... I don't want to mess up.
 
Only Vintage Alaskan Mammoth. But If you know how to carve this stuff into six shooter grips I'm all ears. The flat projects, it is just a slow stinky PIA job. Carving the harder smooth stuff into a useable shape ... I don't want to mess up.
Ive seen some done and i love it
 
Only Vintage Alaskan Mammoth. But If you know how to carve this stuff into six shooter grips I'm all ears. The flat projects, it is just a slow stinky PIA job. Carving the harder smooth stuff into a useable shape ... I don't want to mess up.
Maybe you could get in touch with Dave at Boones trading co. He’s been doing that stuff for quite awhile.
 
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Only Vintage Alaskan Mammoth. But If you know how to carve this stuff into six shooter grips I'm all ears. The flat projects, it is just a slow stinky PIA job. Carving the harder smooth stuff into a useable shape ... I don't want to mess up.
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Purchased Ivory tusk 6" thick and 6 inches long in Hong Kong 1966
I am an expert in NOTHING.
Brought it home and as marked I made these in 1972.
I have zero art skills.
I traced left and right out and cut it with a fine jig saw
Then I spent two months filing and sanding to shape.
Drilled and glued an estruceon (no clue how to spell it) in place
Final finish was with tooth paste
Only interesting thing in this story is I was VERY fortunate that they have not cracked.
BTW: I didn't know it then but ivory dust is allegedly very harmful, so I guess wear a mask.
Since I did this in 1972 and I'm writing this in 2022 it didn't bother me.
And where I was from 66-68 was one bunch more harmful.
Embarrassed to post this as I've seen what skilled workers on this site can do.
But these are just fine for me.
 
I think 1965 is the cut off year for Ivory in the USA but not sure.
No idea how this is proved.
The person I bought this from (actually Kowloon) was not the type to give you a receipt.
 
Maybe. I send M-61 a block of this stuff. Grin grin. Hey Bud, my Band saw burns this stuff when cutting w the grain. Maybe some new blades on my coping saw/Hack Saw ? mike
 

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