Amber suppliers

[VlithKtuor]

I'm wondering about the usefulness of using Amber as a handle material, I've heard it looks nice. Where can I get some of it?

 

[P.K.Hansen]

Unless you only want it for spacers, maybe you should try some amber look-alike.I dont know the price in the U.S. but here in Denmark a pair of amber scales would cost several times more than ivory, and we have a lot of amber on our beaches every year.I've thought about it myself, but the price keeps me from doing it.We are about 500 knifemakers in Denmark, and I haven't seen such a knife yet.
If you do it anyway, I'd like to see a photo of it.

 

[Yekim]

I have some columbian Amber on hand, but it is all in smaller pieces. All of the larger chunks I had sold to local fossil collectors.

e-mail me at legendleather@hotmail.com if you want a small piece to play with.

YeK

 

[tom mayo]

most of the amber you buy today is reconstituted....ground up and mixed with resin...so be careful...real amber is very pricey......i would use the cheap kind..thats what most knifemakers use...a lot of knife suppliers carry it..... the place in Mass. cant remember their name.... used to buy stag from them....

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[Osbourn]

Get the fake stuff if you can. I've seen spacers made from real amber, and it looked great when combined with a good charactered horn. The fake amber that's available is pretty cheap, and works just like a soft plastic. It can be molded, and you can suspend bugs or whatever else comes to mind in it while it's hot. It melts at a very low temp, and keeps that property in later melts as well, so if you make scales from it, make sure that you don't leave that knife in the sun.

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[VlithKtuor]

Thanks guys! I appreciate it...