Purchased my first Amherst Cutlery Custom

That is a beautiful knife!! I LOVE the colors in that mammoth! CONGRATS on the great score.
 
pappy1959 said:
Kevin,

Just for clarification, the mammoth is not from the north sea. It is from Siberia, Yakutia actually.

North Sea ivory is not stable enough to be used for knives and we are very careful not to let North Sea ivory sneak into our inventory.

Thanks.

Keep Care,

Pappy (from Amherst Cutlery)
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First, that is a very nice lookin folder and with exceptional ivory.

Now about the North Sea Ivory. I've used alot of it with great success. True, some of it isn't stable enough, it can be soft, chalky and just plain nasty but same can be said about mammoth ivory out of the ground, not all of it is usable either. The Swedish guys do use a bunch of this stuff also.

Pappy, I'm not trying to start anything and you seem to know a good deal about mammoth ivory but a statment like that has got to be addressed, as Kevin did earlier.

Respectfully,
 
Don,

Just in case you did not see my response to Kevin, here it is again.

"We should start a thread on mammoth ivory. There is so much to know.

Mammoth from the North Sea does have wonderful colors. It is highly unstable because of being under water for so long. Most of the interior ivory rots. The bark often remains intact and absorbs iron and copper compounds from the sea water. This is what gives us those wonderful, vivid colors.

North Sea bark can be stabilized. It is somewhat difficult, but it can be successfully stabilized so it can be used. We have stabilized some North Sea bark in our facility, but I am still not comfortable putting it on a knife.

Lots of people out there doing lots of different things. I have my particular outlook and opinion based only on my experience. That certainly doesn't mean that I'm right. So, no criticism intended for anyone who uses North Sea ivory and uses it well. Maybe they know stuff that I don't know?"

So, nothing to start. Nothing to argue about.
For information sake, in the last 13 years, I have cut and processed a little less than 20 metric tons of mammoth ivory material. Yes, I have a little experience. And like I said before, that doesn't mean I'm right, or that I know everything there is to know about mammoth ivory. All kinds of people are successful at doing all kinds of things.

Best of everything to you, and I love to trade notes sometime.

Keep Care,

Pappy
 
Pappy,

I read it but felt I had to throw in my .02. No disrespect intended. It's just, a lot of folks read this stuff and it wouldn't be right if they got the idea that, all north sea ivory was bad.

With you processing so much mammoth, are you, or have you been supplying others? Or is all just for your knives. I'm always looking for sources :)
 
Very nice knife,congrats:thumbup:,and the mammoth ivory is spectacular.
It's my understanding that the blues are caused by vivianite,an iron phosphate.
Don or Pappy,or anyone that might know if that is so ?
Thanks.

Doug
 
Hi All,

We are just busy making knives.

We had a couple of big set-backs recently, but such is life.

Right now, we're just quietly making knives, building up our inventory and shaking our heads over the current economic crisis and the elections like most everybody else.

You will see more soon.

Thanks for asking.

Keep Care,

Pappy
 
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