Thread: Show me your knives

Originally Posted by kiwijames

That's some beautiful material. I once saw a few knives with Mammoth Ivory handles.

Mammoth Ivory is sort of readily available, has no import/ export restrictions and doesn't cost moonbeams as they're no longer a threatened species, as opposed to Ivory. I've seen plenty at a knifemakers in Howick......if you're interested ?

Originally Posted by shift14

Mammoth Ivory is sort of readily available, has no import/ export restrictions and doesn't cost moonbeams as they're no longer a threatened species, as opposed to Ivory. I've seen plenty at a knifemakers in Howick......if you're interested ?

Cheers. The Yanks have cracked down on all ivory, extinct or not which is kinda stupid. Good to know we are not so anal but I bet it will not be long before we are there too.
As far as knives go, I have too many to hide from the cook now, let alone another one. Thanks for the heads up anyway.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Cheers. The Yanks have cracked down on all ivory, extinct or not which is kinda stupid. Good to know we are not so anal but I bet it will not be long before we are there too.
As far as knives go, I have too many to hide from the cook now, let alone another one. Thanks for the heads up anyway.

No problem. The mammoth ivory gets sluiced out of the perma-frost every thaw by locals, and comes to market at the US knife shows.
Whale teeth and Walrus Ivory is sought after. There's a lot of faked scrimshaw teeth and tusks, relatively easily copied with RTV mpilds and decent resin, then "aged" to look the part.

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