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- Jan 18, 2012
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Hello-I hope the pictures tell the story-all pieces are priced with shipping included-if you recieve a piece and feel like it's not what you thought send it back unalterd-not cut-not sanded-and I'll cover the return shipping-I collected the pieces here I have so I was particular to a point-I cant wait to see knifes posted here with some of this material I'm sure I'll end up with one-the elders would be proud-Knifes are a natural place for this beautiful material--I'm not a knifemaker so I will give you the sizes and describe the best I can--if sanding is'nt mentioned it aint-I may slighltly buff to show it better but to bring it to some secret point yea right what I've seen in this forum you already know what to do with it-Happy Trails--
# 1--- 9 1/2 long --straight line-no twist-easy to split if desired==small end 1 1/4 wide 3/4 thick-big end 1 7/8 wide 1 1/2 + thick-- 1 3/4 wide in the middle-Big end is socket end-the hollow is 1 1/2 inches-the nice part is the hollow end is thicker than usual without cracks-solid-amber--tannish-darker brown below middle there is not a crack in this ivory and it feels good in both hands-- 550.00
# 2--- this piece belongs on a masterpiece-7 1/2 inches long-big end 1 1/2 wide +- 1" thick-this comes to a tip a fingernail lenth from the tip is 3/4 thick and 1 1/4 wide-this piece at one time looks like a small adz- and along with that is remnants of a fire starter-now this ivory as you can see has really worn and natural pieces are missing in the real dark areas-It's hard to believe but the wear places make it fit in either hand--I like the left handed fit better and that's the fire starter there's a natural crack 1 1/2" on the butt end-it wont be a problem--this is old beach ivory solid--non flaking- 625.00
# 3-- 5+ inches long--big end 1 1/4 wide 7/8 thick--small end comes to a big point-this piece carrys at least 1' wide all the way to the point-the ivory is very clean smooth crack free with nice shades of color-I'll price it so maybe a person never working with ivory would like to try-- 115.00
# 4-- Ok --this one is a horse--8 1/4 inches long--bigger end--2 1/2 + wide-1 15/16 thick-this is a small core for such a big bull-I measured the ivory on both sides of the core the ivory alone is 5/8 on each side-the outer bark is gone and it left the ring pattern in the ivory-it's quite deep also which I like-now on the small end 2 1/8 wide 1 1/4 thick--this piece carrys it's width at least 2" all the way except the last inch it tapered quick at the end where the top layer wore off-there will be some color on the last few inches-under the rings you can see blots of color but on the big end cut mostly whitish-fits well in either hand weighing in at over 2 1/4 pounds to give you a idea of the weight--you can really feel the rings there deep----600.00
I thank you for taking the time to view photos and read the bull--Happy Trails
# 1--- 9 1/2 long --straight line-no twist-easy to split if desired==small end 1 1/4 wide 3/4 thick-big end 1 7/8 wide 1 1/2 + thick-- 1 3/4 wide in the middle-Big end is socket end-the hollow is 1 1/2 inches-the nice part is the hollow end is thicker than usual without cracks-solid-amber--tannish-darker brown below middle there is not a crack in this ivory and it feels good in both hands-- 550.00
# 2--- this piece belongs on a masterpiece-7 1/2 inches long-big end 1 1/2 wide +- 1" thick-this comes to a tip a fingernail lenth from the tip is 3/4 thick and 1 1/4 wide-this piece at one time looks like a small adz- and along with that is remnants of a fire starter-now this ivory as you can see has really worn and natural pieces are missing in the real dark areas-It's hard to believe but the wear places make it fit in either hand--I like the left handed fit better and that's the fire starter there's a natural crack 1 1/2" on the butt end-it wont be a problem--this is old beach ivory solid--non flaking- 625.00
# 3-- 5+ inches long--big end 1 1/4 wide 7/8 thick--small end comes to a big point-this piece carrys at least 1' wide all the way to the point-the ivory is very clean smooth crack free with nice shades of color-I'll price it so maybe a person never working with ivory would like to try-- 115.00
# 4-- Ok --this one is a horse--8 1/4 inches long--bigger end--2 1/2 + wide-1 15/16 thick-this is a small core for such a big bull-I measured the ivory on both sides of the core the ivory alone is 5/8 on each side-the outer bark is gone and it left the ring pattern in the ivory-it's quite deep also which I like-now on the small end 2 1/8 wide 1 1/4 thick--this piece carrys it's width at least 2" all the way except the last inch it tapered quick at the end where the top layer wore off-there will be some color on the last few inches-under the rings you can see blots of color but on the big end cut mostly whitish-fits well in either hand weighing in at over 2 1/4 pounds to give you a idea of the weight--you can really feel the rings there deep----600.00
I thank you for taking the time to view photos and read the bull--Happy Trails
