milesofalaska
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Mammoth ivory bark for knife scales. 10 pieces between 4 and 7 inches long x minimum 2 inches wide x 1/16th to ¼ thick. Total weight 1 pound 12 ounces. All solid from the same piece . Deep rich colors all the way through, blue red green etc. Main issue if any is a tad on the thin side. Great for folders for sure, might need spacer material for bigger knives. Should get over an inch wide sets if desired, or split the 2 inch width for matched sets of 1 inch and under. Enough for 10 large sets 1 x 5 inches. . I did not do anything to these but cut to lengths, so not paying for much labor work. The more I do to this material the higher the value. If I polish and show you the colors I may as well spend 10 more minutes per set and make high end finished sets and double my money. So you take a chance on this rough, but this is knife scale material in its basic form in the rough. $330 . Sold
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Look at above pictures. If I showed you this piece ‘rough’ (left) you would say it is worth? How much? Pretty ugly right! So I pretty much gotta do a rough shine somewhere on it to show - now look at the right. Now you think it is worth how much? Blues greens alligator pattern grade A now
I did not know it for sure till I sanded it. Now it’s worth more. I can offer this in the complete rough, you take a chance . What level would you like in on? As a set of scales this is maybe $180 finished, saving $65. (I could spend 15 minutes and make $65 more, selling this piece as a finished set).
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Mammoth ivory bark rough 3.5 pounds . 11 inches long x 5 inches to 6 inches wide x a pretty uniform 1 inch thick. Very solid but for one crack at one end down the middle extending 3 inches on the back, only ½ inch on the top can be filled. Very find deep colors, alligator rough pattern, or sand past that. Blues and reds throughout Length. $700.
Total sounds like a lot, but I see at least 6 nice sets on the surface with more sets possible of inner material . At 6 grade A sets that’s $116 paid for sets that should be worth minimum $150 each, or $200 savings over buying rough sets.
To buyBest to buy off my web site using my shop cart These items are at the bottom of the page . link here http://www.milesofalaska.net/knife_Materials_Ivory/default.html
Just above these I have some raw ivory price breakdowns from an $8,000 tusk – 26 pound sections, down to a pound.
I was asked to show more material in a rougher state . Mammoth ivory is what I can offer the best deals on . Mammoth ivory is a high end material. Some knife makers will not be able to afford it. There is lower quality to sell, but if it’s not pretty it seems of little interest. I have such material on the web site if interested.
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