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High End Knife Handle question

Like your Blade David. Looking forward to seeing this one develop.

See you are a Virginia boy too.
 
Thanks Kevin,

yes, I'm a Virginia boy, but with all this snow I feel like I've been transported to Alaska.

I'll post the finished knife. Looking forward to what you and the other fellas on the forum have to say.

Dave
 
From my limited experience with fresh ivory and fossil ivory I have discovered that fresh ivory is much more forgiving than fossil ivory. Most of the cracks or checks that develop with fresh ivory is due to mishandling during work. Use fresh belts and do not get it hot. After it is flattened on the bottom, let it settle for at least a day before lightly reflattening. Give it a light coat of peanut oil overnight before use. This will help minimizing cracking around pins as they are peined. Peanut oil once a year is a good protectant against too much moisture or dryness.

Ivory is probably more durable than you think. I have smacked small pieces with a hammer just to see how brittle it is. It's pretty tough stuff and doesn't shatter like mammoth ivory does. It's about as elegant a handle material as you will find, and as far as the price for excellent ivory, it's about as "high end" as you can get.

You'll find images of some excellent work with ivory in this thread...I've linked one of the posts. If you want to find out more information about using ivory, give Tony a call. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7787462&postcount=5582
 
Thanks for the advice and link, Knifehead. I've worked ivory brfore, most of the shaping i do is done with a dremel, not much heat is generated.

Regards,

dave
 
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