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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.
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 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.
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Fossil mammoth ivory set huge 8.4 ounces
Fossil mammoth ivory set, 8.4 ounces. 5 ¼ x over 2 x ¼ inches. A very large set could be pistol grips, sword bowie large project or cut into more then one set. Nice colors and slight alligator pattern, but not running deep. So a window could be sanded for scrimshaw or cameo type carving. Slight filler in the back to keep flat and control slight delamination and dips. Unusual to get this kind of flat width off a curved tusk, and means it came off a 12 ft long tusk. From interior Alaska, form material I found myself.
Fossil mammoth tooth slice 8.2 ounces
Fossil mammoth tooth slice, 8.2 ounces. 6 ¼ x 3 x ¼ inches. Very large all natural #1 gem grade and cut. Interesting cut down the length instead of crosscut as is usually done, for a one of a kind look. Stronger being cut with the grain. Flat, even cut. Single piece, but knife scale pattern could be laid out and easily fit this probably 2-3-4 sets. Or use as a display . Slight natural crazing on surface will probably be on end product as natural patterning. Should remain stable. Do not overheat this material when working or it could crack warp. Higher skill levels required on this, however the final product is ‘high end.’ Rare to see this material in this size.
I have video on my website on how to handle this material https://youtu.be/Iu9ira_x3Hc
Fossil mammoth tooth root slice gem grade 3 oz
Fossil mammoth tooth slice 3,0 oz. 6 x 1 x ¼ inches. Gem grade (Is higher then #1 grade) as good as it gets . A slice near the root with extreme color and patterns. The best slice from the best tooth out of 100 teeth. Could be used for cabs for rings- jewelry. Perhaps knife scales, or sections of knife scales. Very hard material, can be worked with steel bandsaw just difficult. Diamond is better. Silicone or carbide sanding belts work. Takes a mirror polish. All natural.
Fossil mammoth tooth slice set 4.5 ounces
Fossil mammoth tooth slice set 4.5 ounces. 3 x 1 ¾ x ¼ inches. Nice even cuts even match good shape. #1 gem grade quality. Tooth cut long way not crossway so unique cut for different look. A little strong going with the grain. Stabilized with super glue a little resin. IN the process of slicing I cover broken unstable teeth with foil cup- pour in resin to hold tooth together so it can be sliced) Resin more on outer edges can cut and avoided but resin blends in. Best to have had experience with teeth before. I may make a video, not done yet. Mostly do not get wet, and do not overhead when sanding. Can be repaired much like the fossil ivory. A very cool and high end sought after rare finished product! This has a mirror shine done.
Fossil mammoth tooth slice dark 5.1 ounces
Fossil mammoth tooth slice 5.1 ounces. 6 x 2 ½ tapering to 1 ½ x ¼ inches thick. Single slice big enough for pattern for knife scale set. Nice solid piece extra dark colors. Stabilized and has resin back to add evenness thickness and strength. All resin could be sanded off for all tooth but half the thickness (and weaker) , or leave use as is. It’s fine. Nice high polish. Lower price as not perfect (tapered, resin, slight thickness taper) .