Elk Iveries

[Bigtime]

I have got some ivories I want to Polish up and make something with.  Any ideas on the best Way to polish them?  Also anyone have any photos of a leather choker necklace with the Ivory in it they could show me?

Thanks

[carpsniperg2]

I have heard of some people putting them in a little leather bag. Then putting dry tobacco in and walking around with it in there pockets for a few weeks. Maybe a polishing wheel on a grinder?

[Rhinoron247]

Throw them in your pants pocket with your change and trinkets. You'd be surprised how the coins and denim will polish them up.

[JKEEN33]

I kept my last set in my pocket. Didn't have change or anything in there, just packed them around for a while. They polish up real nice.

[Craig]

I put mine in a sock with some change and just let the kids play with it for awhile.  Mine are being made into the handle of a custom knife.

[elkslare]

Using a buffing wheel works very well. Use a tripoli compound and then use red rouge for final polish.

[luvtohnt]

I usually carry mine in my pocket for a couple weeks with what ever else is in there. It works great, but my wife would always be grossed out when I pull change out and the teeth are there as well. I just put the last set I found on my homemade longbow as an arrow rest. Looks pretty cool.

Brandon

[D-Rock425]

They shine up nice in your pocket for a few weeks.

[huntandjeep]

 

[sakoshooter]

I'd have to think a vibratory case polisher would work especially with some compound mixed in w/media.

[grundy53]

Throw them in your pants pocket with your change and trinkets. You'd be surprised how the coins and denim will polish them up.

[bigpaw 77]

This is kind of off topic, but this thread got me thinking how I take ivory's out of an elk. Im not sure how everyone else does it, but thought I would post how I do it and maybe you will get a new way of removing them or you may already use this method. An outfitter I used to work for in Wyoming taught me this after I struggled for a while trying to cut them out.
Open the mouth of the elk as far as you can, then take a solid stick or a piece of or wood about 2"x2" and put it on the front of the ivory's (the side facing the front of the mouth) next take another stick or the back of a hatchet head and hit the end of the stick that is on the ivory and it will pop right out of the socket of the mouth. It might take a few whacks depending how light you hit it. You might have to cut any tissue left, but this is very effective for removing them. I have never broke an ivory doing this and the outfitter said he never has either.

[carpsniperg2]

Dang that sounds pretty slick. I just hang it in a tree and go "Rocky" on it  

[robodad]

Its actually easier to cut them out, just roll up the lip and score the gum and bone in an upsidedown "V" above the tooth and yank it out the side, comes right out very easily 

[HntnFsh]

Its actually easier to cut them out, just roll up the lip and score the gum and bone in an upsidedown "V" above the tooth and yank it out the side, comes right out very easily 

Yep,thats how I get the ivories out of my elk too.