Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale

[rainshadow1]

Here's kind-of a special knife, Guys...

It's made on my new favorite skinning blank. Some customizing to the butt and the thumb swale. It's 8A Stainless, 7 1/4" overall, with a 3" blade. The tang tapers from 5/32 at about mid point both ways, to the tip and the the butt. Sweet heft and handling. 7/8" wide.

The grip is bolstered, grommeted, and pinned with Nickle Silver.

The scales are Siberian Wooly Mammoth Ivory! I managed to get full sized scales on this thin gripped skinner with authentic Wooly Mammoth "bark ivory." Bark ivory is the outer surface ivory of Mammoth Tusks, frozen in the Siberian Tundra for Ages.

Laid on top of White Carbon, on top of Red Carbon.

Enjoy some photos of this Baby!



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Ivory is fully sealed. It's working art. Comes with the leather sheath pictured.


Gotta ask $195 delivered for this piece. I spent alot on the Ivory. 


Thanks for looking!

[saylean]

Its a pretty knife no doubt.

[Coasthunterjay]

you over did it this time. gorgeous knife. someday im gonna buy one of your knives when i have the money. I promise.......

[rainshadow1]

This knife has Sold, Thanks guys. More to come!

[boneaddict]

Let me know when you do another one like that one. before you post it.

[Hornseeker]

Rainshadow...where can I get some of that type of ivory?? I would LOVE to put some on a bow....

Ernie

PS...that was BEAUTIFUL...great work.

[boneaddict]

No doubt.....who will get me a piece of mammoth first, my bowmaker or my knifemaker.

[WDFW-SUX]

Speaking of mammoth I looked at a 12 1/2 foot tusk in the Yukon last week almost pulled the trigger but the condition sucked.   Pretty amazing though the largest bone I even seen without a doubt.

If you think matched elk antlers are expensive check out what a 6ft matched set of mammoth tusks go for.............

[boneaddict]

Cold you have even iported them into the states?  I bet they were spendy.

[boneaddict]

I'm hoping to find one in my back yard.  There was one found directly across from me a mile or two away in the wenas, straight across the vallley from me.  I'm hoping his mate died on my side of the river.

[WDFW-SUX]

Cold you have even iported them into the states?  I bet they were spendy.

My old neighbor is a carver hes got the hook up I don't ask where the stuff comes from .....The best thing I saw was a  full mount of a Mammoth that was made from muskox hides and mammoth tusks.  Its so good that the Smithsonian tried to buy it but the taxi wouldnt let it go.  ( he making another one for them)

My neighbor goes to the mining camps every spring and bids on raw bone and such.........my dream is to have two 15 ft matched tusks in my house some day.  Tusks are really rare over 10ft and match sets over 6 are extremely rare........My neighbor has clients all over the world for his work.....I met Robin Williams in his shop one time

[boneaddict]

WOW...neat.   I love any sort of that natural material.  Thats one reason I like rainshadows knives.  I'd like one of the above on a damascus blade as soon as he finds one.  I got a knife to match my old bow from him, now I'll need one to match the new one.

[Hornseeker]

Passion, Talk to me brother... can I get some? I haven't even googled it or anything to see if its for sale...

I want to build an entire riser out of it! I had no idea they got that long...holy SHNAT!

Ernie

[WDFW-SUX]

Im on my way out of town I catch up when I have more time.

Here are some examples- Idont know anythiing about the site just wanted to show some pix


http://www.canadafossils.com/mammoth_tusk.html

[rainshadow1]

Ummmm..... jeepers what a dialogue! As I understand it, Mammoth is free reign becaue it's extinct, and thereby can't be on the endangered species list.  I just watch places like e-bay. The places I've seen really world class stock were full collector retail prices... which = Too Rich for Me!

[Hornseeker]

Holy MOLY.... expensive is right!

Rain...can you cut it or just grind/sand it?

Thanks..good work on that knife,


Thanks for the link Passion,
Ernie

[Hornseeker]

Googled it and found this... check it out....
http://www.mammothivory.info/product_info.php?products_id=32&osCsid=b60264d212ebdb554e6b8df45b03467d

[rainshadow1]

Ernie, You can cut it, but it's very hard. You have to be careful for chipping it out or shattering it. But it will cut. I'm trying to think of a comparison.......... Fiberglass resin? Maybe not THAT brittle, but you get the idea, hard, can be cut, but use small teeth and high speeds.

[Head-shot]

I'm hoping to find one in my back yard.  There was one found directly across from me a mile or two away in the wenas, straight across the vallley from me.  I'm hoping his mate died on my side of the river.

That would be one hell of a carry over on your luck...Big deer, big elk, big moose...Big mammoth?