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Mammoth fossil ivory $50 to $300 a lb
$50.00 - $300.00
Fossil mammoth ivory sold by the pound, for best price. I pick it out. If not satisfied return for refund. Less $ if I do not have to photo, describe, list, keep track of. I have way more material then I can individually list. It can be as much as half the price buying bulk. It requires you trust my choices. Otherwise order the individual items listed elsewhere. Link to my how to videos So choose a price per pound which is a quality of grade. Here is a link to help understand grades. Ivory grades View enclosed pictures to see the differences in what a pound looks like. Read each category if you do not understand. If you already understand press on, stop reading! To help you best I need to know your use. Usually one of these, knife maker, scrimshaw work, lathe pen or bagpipe parts, small carvings. Pendants and inlays, or display. I understand these uses. Example: A $300 a pound for display might be tapered so it stands, but a knife maker will not want any taper in his $300 pound. Scrim folks need hard, light color, but may accept irregular shapes. Lathe people will be hard to please as they need hard too get thickness and may require $300 a pound goods. $50 a pound This is usually grade C. Sometimes softer or cracked or lacks top colors but useful to some. Great if you want to stabilize yourself to turn into #1 grade. In all honesty, few can use this grade. However it is samples for schools, tiny inlays, maybe pendants, ivory sewing needles, but may not take a polish and there may be to much soft, you'd be better off going up a grade if you carve or inlay. Or inquire or give more detail of your needs. If you are stabilizing for knife scales let me know so I give the larger soft. Pendants I might offer 'some' hard with color, just dime to quarter sizes. Keep in mind, if you have to throw away half of what you get it is still cheaper than the next grade up. Oh. If you leave a note, I can offer for $50 a sample of all the grades marked so you can see what the differences are. I can't promise an exact weight, but it will be worth over $50, all usable. It could be used to teach, or show others, or so you could test each grade. Like before investing $1,000 order. $150 a pound. This is middle grade that should suit most needs, maybe not all. Look at the pictures. It should be twice as nice in general as the $50 grade. Most knife makers might choose this with some amount of waste and work needing to be done. Not perfect, no vivid blues, striking alligator patterning, not gem grade, just good. Scrimshaw folks will get nice material, hard enough to scrim, no major cracks or weirdness. I suggest scrim people try this grade first. This may or may not turn on a lathe, as it in general could have some flaws between layers. It could be fixed, but time might be money to you. This grade usually works fine for pendents and art, as $300 a pound is usually larger, sometimes almost same quality as this $150 grade, just this grade has less uses, so price is down. Like top color, but not quite good dimensions for the biggest market knife scales. Nor top carving stuff. Jewelry makers should try this grade first. Again, tell me your needs, even email me pic of your work you do. I should be able to tell you yes or no if this grade works. I'm an artist myself so understand. $300 a pound Is a new category. I eliminated the $75 a pound as to hard to grade for most buyers. As each grade doubles in price the differences should be apparent. So. $300 a pound sounds outrageous? So view the pound of knife scales for example. These are already listed for sale. This weighs a pound, and a mix like this, my pick, is $300. The total retail if you bought these 1-2 at a time is $550. Meaning if I can make scales and not weigh each set, measure, photo, list, keep track of, I can sell bulk for almost half price. This grade is close to gem grade. Fewest cracks, least amount of work needed done. If raw for knife scales, it will be an even thickness or perfect deep blue, best dimensions, the top quality for any project. I have no problem taking these pieces and calling them displays and getting $400 a pound if I list these each piece individually. You save about $100 a pound over going to my individually listed pieces of the same grade. Again if what you get concerns you, pay more and pick out from the pieces listed. Keep in mind if I pick, and you do not like it, return for refund. If what you want is between grades, I can adjust the weight accordingly upon request. Such as, "I need cheap for small projects but not $50 garbage and not really nice $150 stuff." I might for example send 2 pounds of material in between grades at the 1 pound $150 price (so paying $75 a pound). Or you need the best of the best gem grade perfect. I might offer less than a pound for $300, and pick the best pound out of 600 pounds on hand. May have for example some knock your socks off blue for gun grips, 5 x 3 inches as a set of 2. It can be worth... the sky is the limit. No. I am not going to go look first and send pictures. You pay, I go look. Or buy what is listed. I have in the past trudged out to the shop into the dark 50 below into the freezing shop and spent half an hour to hear, "Thanks, just wondering, I don't have any money right now." If I cannot fill the order I'll refund. Or email pictures when I know you are serious. This 'item' called 'by the pound' is meant mostly for people reselling, who could use a wholesale deal, who are trying to resell at a profit, maybe go through a lot of material. Or the low end for those who want to try it out see what fossil ivory is.All Is my blog link with subjects and place to interact ask questions get advice etc. It helps me and I can take more time if I am addressing others with common questions. |
Mammoth fossil ivory $50 to $300 a lb
Fossil mammoth ivory sold by the pound, for best price. I pick it out. If not satisfied return for refund. Less $ if I do not have to photo, describe, list, keep track of. I have way more material then I can individually list. It can be as much as half the price buying bulk. It requires you trust my choices. Otherwise order the individual items listed elsewhere. Link to my how to videos
So choose a price per pound which is a quality of grade. Here is a link to help understand grades. Ivory grades View enclosed pictures to see the differences in what a pound looks like. Read each category if you do not understand. If you already understand press on, stop reading! To help you best I need to know your use. Usually one of these, knife maker, scrimshaw work, lathe pen or bagpipe parts, small carvings. Pendants and inlays, or display. I understand these uses. Example: A $300 a pound for display might be tapered so it stands, but a knife maker will not want any taper in his $300 pound. Scrim folks need hard, light color, but may accept irregular shapes. Lathe people will be hard to please as they need hard too get thickness and may require $300 a pound goods.
$50 a pound This is usually grade C. Sometimes softer or cracked or lacks top colors but useful to some. Great if you want to stabilize yourself to turn into #1 grade. In all honesty, few can use this grade. However it is samples for schools, tiny inlays, maybe pendants, ivory sewing needles, but may not take a polish and there may be to much soft, you'd be better off going up a grade if you carve or inlay. Or inquire or give more detail of your needs. If you are stabilizing for knife scales let me know so I give the larger soft. Pendants I might offer 'some' hard with color, just dime to quarter sizes. Keep in mind, if you have to throw away half of what you get it is still cheaper than the next grade up. Oh. If you leave a note, I can offer for $50 a sample of all the grades marked so you can see what the differences are. I can't promise an exact weight, but it will be worth over $50, all usable. It could be used to teach, or show others, or so you could test each grade. Like before investing $1,000 order.
$150 a pound. This is middle grade that should suit most needs, maybe not all. Look at the pictures. It should be twice as nice in general as the $50 grade. Most knife makers might choose this with some amount of waste and work needing to be done. Not perfect, no vivid blues, striking alligator patterning, not gem grade, just good. Scrimshaw folks will get nice material, hard enough to scrim, no major cracks or weirdness. I suggest scrim people try this grade first. This may or may not turn on a lathe, as it in general could have some flaws between layers. It could be fixed, but time might be money to you. This grade usually works fine for pendents and art, as $300 a pound is usually larger, sometimes almost same quality as this $150 grade, just this grade has less uses, so price is down. Like top color, but not quite good dimensions for the biggest market knife scales. Nor top carving stuff. Jewelry makers should try this grade first. Again, tell me your needs, even email me pic of your work you do. I should be able to tell you yes or no if this grade works. I'm an artist myself so understand.
$300 a pound Is a new category. I eliminated the $75 a pound as to hard to grade for most buyers. As each grade doubles in price the differences should be apparent. So. $300 a pound sounds outrageous? So view the pound of knife scales for example. These are already listed for sale. This weighs a pound, and a mix like this, my pick, is $300. The total retail if you bought these 1-2 at a time is $550. Meaning if I can make scales and not weigh each set, measure, photo, list, keep track of, I can sell bulk for almost half price. This grade is close to gem grade. Fewest cracks, least amount of work needed done. If raw for knife scales, it will be an even thickness or perfect deep blue, best dimensions, the top quality for any project. I have no problem taking these pieces and calling them displays and getting $400 a pound if I list these each piece individually. You save about $100 a pound over going to my individually listed pieces of the same grade. Again if what you get concerns you, pay more and pick out from the pieces listed. Keep in mind if I pick, and you do not like it, return for refund.
If what you want is between grades, I can adjust the weight accordingly upon request. Such as, "I need cheap for small projects but not $50 garbage and not really nice $150 stuff." I might for example send 2 pounds of material in between grades at the 1 pound $150 price (so paying $75 a pound). Or you need the best of the best gem grade perfect. I might offer less than a pound for $300, and pick the best pound out of 600 pounds on hand. May have for example some knock your socks off blue for gun grips, 5 x 3 inches as a set of 2. It can be worth... the sky is the limit. No. I am not going to go look first and send pictures. You pay, I go look. Or buy what is listed. I have in the past trudged out to the shop into the dark 50 below into the freezing shop and spent half an hour to hear, "Thanks, just wondering, I don't have any money right now." If I cannot fill the order I'll refund. Or email pictures when I know you are serious.
This 'item' called 'by the pound' is meant mostly for people reselling, who could use a wholesale deal, who are trying to resell at a profit, maybe go through a lot of material. Or the low end for those who want to try it out see what fossil ivory is.All Is my blog link with subjects and place to interact ask questions get advice etc. It helps me and I can take more time if I am addressing others with common questions.
Scrimshaw raw mammoth ivory piece 3.8 ounces
Fossil mammoth ivory chunk for scrimshaw. 3 ¼ x 2 ½ x ½ inches. Free standing prepped, polished just add scrimshaw. Excellent piece for scrimshaw, maybe carving. I created a window, surrounded by outer natural colors and patterns. This stands to display on it’s own. This couple be a thousand dollar finished piece of done right. No guessing how this will look when sanded and made ready. Usually this material is sold in the raw rough and you have to cut sand prepare.
fossil mammoth ivory chunk for scrim-carve 3.5 ounces
A free standing polished piece of mammoth ivory 3.5 ounces, 3 x 2 ½ x ¾ inches. Polished all sides ready to display carved or art added. #1 grade with good patterning ,solid hard takes nice polish.
Fossil mammoth ivory polished chunk for display or scrimshaw
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A free standing polished piece of mammoth ivory 6.1 ounces 5 x 3 x ¾ inches. Free-standing polished ready for display or to be scrimshawed or other art added. Could possibly. Be cut for knife scales but the concept I had in mind is free standing display. This is #1 grade with blues in it. All natural very nice looking as is display. A light tan, keep in mind for a scrim project s not pure white but I think scrimshaw will show up nice on this. Price reflects the high quality. Other pieces I have sell for less, not as big or nice.
Fossil mammoth ivory chunk, best grade 18 ounces
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Fossil mammoth ivory polished piece 4 ½ inch’s tall x 4 inches wide x 1 to 1 3/3 inches thick. An exceptional piece, quality is as good as it gets. A grade above #1 is called ‘gem grade’ often sold by the gram. The combination of blue dot specks and alligator patterning makes this stand out. I include a few pictures because each shows a different slight aspect of color and character as the light changes. My plan when I started polishing was to create a display piece to stand up and look at. I realized when done there is enough material here for a set of pistol grips. One pictures show this piece next to one of my black powder pistols about the size grips a Ruger Blackhawk has to get a view of what to expect. A window could be sanded for scrimshaw work. Jewelry work can be made. All kinds of ideas possible for this exceptional one of a kind #1 grade piece that is over a pound. Price high, this is very high end rarely seen, so it cost. Out of a thousands of pounds, this is the best pound. As pistol grips, this would be a jaw dropper. (gosh I read this and might not want to sell it now! Ha!)
Mammoth fossil ivory tusk tip 12.7 pounds
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Mammoth fossil ivory chunk for carving slicing or used as a display. This piece has a lot of possibilities. As a free standing tusk tip it could be displayed ‘as is.’ Or see he end patterns for awesome cab cutting or carving. Stabilized and dyed all the way through. If not done this would not work as natural piece was to soft and filled with delamination cracks now hard, takes polish is solid. Almost a pound of material. A hidden tang knife handle? What is your project? As seen in pictures every direction you view it this has new character and color patterns.
Fossil mammoth ivory set large 5.3 ounces
Fossil mammoth ivory set 3 3/4 x 2 x over 1/4 inches. #1 grade for stability. Very sold natural no cracks hard material takes nice polish. Possibly workable for small pistol grips Check your size close. (this set barely squeaks by for 2 inches wide however thick out to the edge.) Looks at pictures. For sure plenty for any knife need, bowie stye, or a sword etc. Or, cut for more than one set. Hard to get larger wide sets like this, cut off a curve it takes a 12 ft tusk or longer. From interior Alaska. This set could be scrimshawed or carved (even for other projects beside guns-knives)
Fossil mammoth ivory set 1.5 ounces
Fossil mammoth ivory set 1 ¾ x ¾ x ¼ inches. Dark surface with good alligator patterning. Natural rough surface. Not a perfect match for color, but for patterning. Price lower as a result. Nice solid no cracks nice flat back . For large folder or small skinner hunter. Possibly good choice for other artists for jewelry due to color match issue.
Fossil mammoth ivory set reduced 2.0 ounces
Fossil mammoth ivory set 3 x 1 ¼ x ¼ inches. Nice soft greys potential blues . All natural takes high shine, solid. Not a perfect color match. I’d use it as a set but price reduced due to not perfect.
fossil mammoth ivory set small blue
Fossil mammoth ivory set 1 ¾ x 1 ¼ x ¼ inches. #1 grade nice blue. However an odd shape for most knife scale needs, Rats! End caps guards used with other material or… great for pendants inlays. All natural solid.
Fossil mammoth ivory set .73 ounces
Fossil mammoth ice age ivory set 2 ¾ x 11/2 x ¼ inches. Nice match in contrasting interesting colors makes this set stand out. Good for pocket knife or art projects inlays etc. All natural solid #1 grade.
Fossil mammoth ivory chunk white 6.4 ounces
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Fossil mammoth ivory chunk 6.4 ounces. Light cream. 6 x 4 ½ around the curve x ½ inches thick. Uniform thickness solid, no soft spots. A couple of stabilized cracks , a couple of delamination cracks. You could possibly force the delamination and get two pieces ¼ inches thick. Or stabilize and keep the full ½ thickness depending on needs. Could be scrimshawed as is for display major piece, or cut into knife scales, a lot of uses. One side polished, rough sanded inside to get rid of soft layer. Finished projects should sell by the ounce. Estimate 4 ordinary size knife scale sets.