Who cares about bones, antlers, etc, from endangered species as part of a traditional Knife?

More knife discussion, please.
Here's one in Mammoth Ivory. I'm glad I have it. I'm pretty certain the Mammoth wasn't killed for the ivory.
In general I agree with efforts to insure the continued existence of endangered species.
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knarfeng said:
The rest of this thread will be completely about knives or it will be closed.
Discussion of game laws belongs elsewhere.
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Thank you; I edited my last post to remove the superfluous comments

I like the natural materials. Stag is a favorite if it's good stag, jigged bone is another favorite. Not so big on Giraffe bone although I have had a couple with it.








 
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Modoc ED said:
I support the protection of truly endangered species yet think some people and organizations carry it to an extreme. Non knife related species as to knives but two examples of current listed endangered species I'm thinking of:

Red Breasted Robins - I don't understand why these are on the endangered species list. Thousands upon thousands of these birds come through my area twice (coming and going) a year.

Spotted Owl - The area used to demonstrate the scarcity of the spotted owl did in fact have a low population of them yet, just forty miles down the road from that site in any direction, there were thousands of them.
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yeah but if someone figures out how to make covers from downy woodpeckers, the ones that favor the cedar siding on my home, that would be great. 🤣
 
If peckers are goin after your wood it’s usually ‘cause the wood is infested with insects.
 
brownshoe said:
If peckers are goin after your wood it’s usually ‘cause the wood is infested with insects.
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no it's nesting, there are a lot of trees around here that had emerald ash borers. Most of them have been removed so I haven't had issues for the last few years with satan's little jack hammers. Thank God.
 
I've just ordered a mammoth tusk knife, and I bought 2 blocks of Siamese rosewood to keep in my knife handle collection for a day when I'm confident enough to sell my work. It's cites listed and can't be transported across international lines.

I've got no qualms with legally/sustainably sourced rare mediums being used.

And to add to it, I studied environmental science and worked in ecology and environment most of my career up until transitioning to agriculture 2 years ago. I consider myself an environmentalist and a conservationist, but unlike many that hijack the term these days I use logic and science to guide my actions and beliefs and not pure uninformed emotion.
 
How do you know your rosewood blocks were sustainably grown and harvested?
 
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