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Title: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: rainshadow1 on January 14, 2008, 10:31:55 PM: 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!

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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!
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: saylean on January 14, 2008, 11:32:48 PM: Its a pretty knife no doubt.
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: Coasthunterjay on January 15, 2008, 12:02:55 AM: you over did it this time. gorgeous knife. someday im gonna buy one of your knives when i have the money. I promise.......
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: rainshadow1 on January 17, 2008, 10:46:10 AM: This knife has Sold, Thanks guys. More to come!
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: boneaddict on January 17, 2008, 10:52:31 AM: Let me know when you do another one like that one. before you post it.
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: Hornseeker on April 15, 2008, 09:22:23 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: boneaddict on April 16, 2008, 06:46:31 AM: No doubt.....who will get me a piece of mammoth first, my bowmaker or my knifemaker. :tup:
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: WDFW-SUX on April 16, 2008, 08:33:23 AM: 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............. :yike:
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: boneaddict on April 16, 2008, 09:06:23 AM: Cold you have even iported them into the states? I bet they were spendy.
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: boneaddict on April 16, 2008, 09:07:28 AM: 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. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: WDFW-SUX on April 16, 2008, 09:13:47 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on April 16, 2008, 09:06:23 AM
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 :dunno:
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: boneaddict on April 16, 2008, 09:21:46 AM: 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. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: Hornseeker on April 16, 2008, 09:25:35 AM: 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
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: WDFW-SUX on April 16, 2008, 11:05:21 AM: 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
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: rainshadow1 on April 16, 2008, 04:33:50 PM: 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!
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: Hornseeker on April 16, 2008, 09:13:41 PM: 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
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: Hornseeker on April 16, 2008, 09:16:02 PM: Googled it and found this... check it out....
http://www.mammothivory.info/product_info.php?products_id=32&osCsid=b60264d212ebdb554e6b8df45b03467d
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: rainshadow1 on April 16, 2008, 11:04:13 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Mammoth Ivory Sleek Skinner For Sale
Post by: Head-shot on April 16, 2008, 11:12:58 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on April 16, 2008, 09:07:28 AM
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. :chuckle:
That would be one hell of a carry over on your luck...Big deer, big elk, big moose...Big mammoth? :chuckle: