Sorry, all sold...and some more Fossil walrus ivory tusk sections for hidden tangs

Mark Knapp

Mark Knapp

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Here are some nicely colored fossil walrus ivory tusk sections for hidden tangs. Many have no cracks and no voids, none of them have any fill. It is best to let them acclimate to your climate before using, a month or two would be fine. I am happy to answer any questions about the stuff or working with it. It is guaranteed to be legal, happiness is guaranteed, if you find you can't use it when you get it in your hands, return it for your purchase price back, please do that within seven days. I take all the normal forms of payment, Paypal, checks, or credit cards over the phone. The prices shown will be plus shipping, I ship using USPS flat rate shipping where I can, I ship anywhere it is legal and charge only the actual shipping charges. You may PM me, email me or call me on the phone (though sometimes I have loud machines running and can't hear it).

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No 34. is 3 7/8 long, 7/8 X 1 1/2 on the large end and 5/8 X 1 1/8 on the small end, asking $110.00
No 35. is 3 7/8 long, 3/8 X 1 1/4 on the large end and 1/2 X 7/8 on the small end, asking $75.00Sold to Ray
No 36. is 3 3/4 long, 7/16 X 1 1/2 on the large end and 1/2 X 1 on the small end, asking $75.00Sold to Jim
No 37. is 4 3/8 long, 5/8 X 1 1/4 on the large end and 1/2 X 3/4 on the small end, asking $75.00Sold to Stacy
No 38. is 3 1/8 long, 5/8 X 1 3/8 on the large end and 1/2 X 1 on the small end, asking $75.00SOLD to Ray
No 39. is 3 3/8 long, 9/16 X 1 on the large end and 3/8 X 5/8 on the small end, asking $60.00Sold to Jim

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No 40. is 4 long, 3/4 X 1 1/2 on the large end and 9/16 X 1 on the small end, asking $90.00SOLD to Eduardo
No 41. is 4 1/4 long, 1 1/2 X 1 1/8 on the large end and 1/2 X 7/8 on the small end, asking $80.00
No 42. is 3 7/8 long, 5/8 X 1 5/8 on the large end and 1/2 X 1 1/8 on the small end, asking $90.00
No 43. is 4 1/8 long, 3/4 X 1 1/4 on the large end and 9/16 X 7/8 on the small end, asking $85.00SOLD to Stacy
No 44. is 4 1/8 long, 1/2 X 1 1/4 on the large end and 7/16 X 1 on the small end, asking $85.00Sold to Jim

Thanks for looking,
Mark
 
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My thoughts evoke me,
My mind induces me,
To get to the smithy.
Songs rise from my hammer,
To tell of the great ones before me,
To sing of their creations.
The steel glows from the fire,
The shapes form
Quickly with each blow,
And flow from my arm.

The above is a paraphrase of a verse about Ilmarinen, which I wrote as my working theme.......This is a long post, but there is some really neat stuff, read it all..........

Ilmarinen was the Finnish blacksmith folk hero in an unbelievably long and rambling saga called the Kalevala. He is called the Eternal hammerer. He was a mortal who could make anything by hand with his forge tools.
He was given a task to do as part of a quest to win a beautiful maiden. This great task was inventing the sampo....a machine that can endlessly make anything the user asks for.....including gold and food.
He also forged the skies/heavens and the stars are his sparks.

The Finnish word for blacksmith/bladesmith/smith is seppa which, according to folk lore, comes from his name Seppo Ilmarinen.

Here are a few lines from the Kalevala about him and the sampo:


Ilmarinen, worthy brother,
Thou the only skilful blacksmith,
Go and see her wondrous beauty,
See her gold and silver garments,
See her robed in finest raiment,
See her sitting on the rainbow,
Walking on the clouds of purple.
Forge for her the magic Sampo,
Forge the lid in many colors,
Thy reward shall be the virgin,
Thou shalt win this bride of beauty;
Go and bring the lovely maiden To thy home in Kalevala

( Hot to trot, he goes home and forges the machine, which is described next.)

On one side the flour is grinding,
On another salt is making,
On a third is money forging,
And the lid is many-colored.
Well the Sampo grinds when finished,
To and fro the lid in rocking,
Grinds one measure at the day-break,
Grinds a measure fit for eating,
Grinds a second for the market,
Grinds a third one for the store-house.


Now, besides the obvious similarities in being almost god-like, having an eye for the ladies, and being capable of doing anything ;)...........In the epic poem BEER is invented.........need I say more about why I like this guy.......
But, this being about the most long winded poem ever, of course I will go on......

Excerpt from the chapter called "The Origin of Iron" - This is really something-

Ukko's eldest daughter sprinkled
Black milk over river channels
And the second daughter sprinkled
White milk over hills and mountains,
While the youngest daughter sprinkled
Red milk over seas and oceans.
Whero the black milk had been sprinked,
Grew the dark and ductile iron;
Where the white milk had been sprinkled.
Grew the iron, lighter-colored;
Where the red milk had been sprinkled,
Grew the red and brittle iron.

"After Time had gone a distance,
Iron hastened Fire to visit,
His beloved elder brother,
Thus to know his brother better.
Straightway Fire began his roarings,
Labored to consume his brother,
His beloved younger brother.
Straightway Iron sees his danger,
Saves himself by fleetly fleeing,
From the fiery flame's advances,
Fleeing hither, fleeing thither,
Fleeing still and taking shelter
In the swamps and in the valleys,
In the springs that loudly bubble,
By the rivers winding seaward,
On the broad backs of the marshes,
Where the swans their nests have builded,
Where the wild geese hatch their goslings.

"Thus is iron in the swamp-lands,
Stretching by the water-courses,
Hidden well for many ages,
Hidden in the birchen forests,
But he could not hide forever
From the searchings of his brother;
Here and there the fire has caught him,
Caught and brought him to his furnace,
That the spears, and swords, and axes,
Might be forged and duly hammered.
In the swamps ran blackened waters,
From the heath the bears came ambling,
And the wolves ran through the marshes.
Iron then made his appearance,
Where the feet of wolves had trodden,
Where the paws of bears had trampled.

"Then the blacksmith, Ilmarinen,
Came to earth to work the metal;
He was born upon the Coal-mount,
Skilled and nurtured in the coal-fields;
In one hand, a copper hammer,
In the other, tongs of iron;
In the night was born the blacksmith,
In the morn he built his smithy,
Sought with care a favored hillock,
Where the winds might fill his bellows;
Found a hillock in the swamp-lands,
Where the iron hid abundant;
There he built his smelting furnace,
There he laid his leathern bellows,
Hastened where the wolves had travelled,
Followed where the bears had trampled,
Found the iron's young formations,
In the wolf-tracks of the marshes,
In the foot-prints of the gray-bear.

"Then the blacksmith, Ilmarinen,
'Thus addressed the sleeping iron:
Thou most useful of the metals,
Thou art sleeping in the marshes,
Thou art hid in low conditions,
Where the wolf treads in the swamp-lands,
Where the bear sleeps in the thickets.
Hast thou thought and well considered,
What would be thy future station,
Should I place thee in the furnace,
Thus to make thee free and useful?'

"Then was Iron sorely frightened,
Much distressed and filled with horror,
When of Fire he heard the mention,
Mention of his fell destroyer.

"Then again speaks Ilmarinen,
Thus the smith addresses Iron:
'Be not frightened, useful metal,
Surely Fire will not consume thee,
Will not burn his youngest brother,
Will not harm his nearest kindred.
Come thou to my room and furnace,
Where the fire is freely burning,
Thou wilt live, and grow, and prosper,
Wilt become the swords of heroes,
Buckles for the belts of women.'

And it goes on for quite a ways......see the link below.

If you are crazy enough to read it all:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kveng/index.htm
 
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That's pretty cool, I like it, I see why you like it. I'll save the long version for another day, in the winter, when it's cold out, and dark. I'm Finnish, maybe we're distant cousins. Thanks for the poem
 
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