Walrus ivory Puukko

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I finally got up the nerve to cut the Walrus ivory. The first pic is the materials for the knife. The handle is the tip of a 100 year old female tusk with Mammoth ivory large spacer and two piano key Elephant ivory thin spacers, the ferule is coin silver from a 1908 Canadian 1/2 dollar. The blade is a scary sharp Polar blade, 95X20mm. The sheath has a Walrus front panel with leather back and welt and an oiled leather top and belt loop. Bad dull day for taking pictures, the sheath ivory is sooo much better looking than the pic shows. Happy sunday folks.

Best regards

Robin

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Wow!

Beautiful raw materials, and excellent craftsmanship. Thank you for letting us see that!
 
Great work Robin, very nice:thumbup: I've been meaning to pick up a Polar blank. I think you may have rekindled the need:)
 
Very Impressive.

Thanks for posting that one!
 
Great looking piece, Robin! You've got the honed Eye!! Nice work!!
 
Robin, beautiful craftsmanship Sir.
May I ask you something of the construction of that beautiful knife? - I see that there is no pin through the Tang, do you rely totally on a two-pack Resin? I cant imagine a too tighter fit where the Tang is forced into the Handle because of the cracking nature of the Tusk.
Thank you for taking the time to show us your great work.
Duncan.
 
it must have been nerve wrecking to work with such material,but it turned out great :thumbup:
 
Hi Duncan, glad your doing well. I usually go right through the handle and peen the tang over but I couldn't on this one because of the bend in the tusk and the taper. I slighty over drilled then mixed the epoxy with the ivory powder left from drilling. The tang goes 3 1/2 inches into the handle. Should be good to go.

Best regards
Take care

Robin
 
rinos said:
it must have been nerve wrecking to work with such material,but it turned out great :thumbup:
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Hi Rino, It was. I've had the tusk for about 10 years and could never get up enough nerve to cut it. The sheath front is from a piece of a different piece of Male tusk that I got last summer. I have another large Male tusk that I traded for a tomahawk I made. There are two more great handles in the Female tusk and at least a couple of sheath fronts in the wider Male tusk. It's wonderful material to work with.

Best regards

Robin
 
Excellent!, thank you Robin, I too am a very big fan of the mixture of the materials I work with into the Resin, usually a Marine two-pack Resin with wood etc.
Thank you for your time in answering my friend, its lovely to see such inspiring work.
 
rinos said:
it must have been nerve wrecking to work with such material,but it turned out great :thumbup:
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That's exactly what I was thinking, on both counts!

Another stunner, Robin. You're a braver man than I. (;))

Thanks for once again showing us your work. :thumbup:

~ P.
 
Thank you for showing us your spectacular art. That knife is just perfect. It must feel great holding that beauty and admiring it now.
 
In a different world, I could see having to offer in trade a Buffalo hide, a good horse and turtle shell rattle....300
 
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