For mammoth ivory fans with a new tusk

[Mark Knapp]

There's a lot of mammoth ivory fans here, I thought you guys might like to see the tusk I just finished restoring. It leaves for North Carolina on Monday.

It's quite a bit of fun to work on these.

Here's the new one.

This ones a real beaut'. 7 feet 3 inches long.

 

[Russ Andrews]

Great looking tusk.......!!

 

[Bigfattyt]

Cool! Not often we get to see a whole tusk.

 

[smokinbasser]

Lots of knife scales sitting there! Nice tusk.

 

[Justin Carnecchia]

Wow, that is fantastic!

 

[Marcel54]

Great looking tusk. If you say restore what does that entails?

Marcel

 

[JParanee]

Now I would like that in my living room

Gorgeous

 

[butcher_block]

im sure its a cheap showpiece really cool tho

 

[Mark Knapp]

Great looking tusk. If you say restore what does that entails?

Marcel

What we do is let is cure for two years, stabilize it with cyano-acrylate, fill all the cracks with epoxy and ivory dust tinted to match the color of the tusk. Use pigments to blend the repair with the rest of the tusk and seal it with a couple of coats of polyurethane.

 

[D.Crawford]

Beautiful Mark, glad to see it stay in one piece. Makes me cringe to think of that being cut up into slabs.

 

[Mark Knapp]

Now I would like that in my living room

Gorgeous

It's a pretty nice piece, this one is just the right size for a living room, it's 8 feet around the curve and 5 feet long in a straight line.

 

[betzner]

Mark, thanks for the restoration details. It all makes sense, but I would have been at a loss knowing exactly what it would take to have done. You did a wonderful job, it's a beauty.

Bob

 

[i4Marc]

That is cool. Glad to see it in one piece. Great work.

 

[Kevin Jones]

Yes, that's beautiful, would love to have it on display in my knife room.
I'm curious, what would a display like that be sell for?

 

[Mark Knapp]

Yes, that's beautiful, would love to have it on display in my knife room.
I'm curious, what would a display like that be sell for?

We don't want to get too much on the commercial side of our talk in this forum or we could get shut down, I guess.

 

[Marcel54]

What we do is let is cure for two years, stabilize it with cyano-acrylate, fill all the cracks with epoxy and ivory dust tinted to match the color of the tusk. Use pigments to blend the repair with the rest of the tusk and seal it with a couple of coats of polyurethane.

Mark, thanks for the explanation. Lots of work....great result.

Marcel

 

[gga357]

That is incredible.

 

[betzner]

The soils certainly have been kind, through the ages, to the mammoth tusks. I wish my mammoth tusk had the color so many of the outstandingly mineraled ones do. I'll say it again, this was a great subject and you sure did a wonderful job on that piece!

Bob

 

[2knife]

Spectacular display piece! A large piece of Bog oak might work nice for the base too. Thanks for sharing.
David

 

[Mark Knapp]

The soils certainly have been kind, through the ages, to the mammoth tusks. I wish my mammoth tusk had the color so many of the outstandingly mineraled ones do. I'll say it again, this was a great subject and you sure did a wonderful job on that piece!

Bob

Thanks Bob, I'm working on a really blue one right now, I will post it when it is done.