unique way to slice mammoth teeth
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Knife handle materials information
To contact me See also my fossils page fossils. Here is my link to fossil information, on grading buying treating etc fossil info My wood page has just wood for sale. wood |
Most materials I find or make myself. I sell a variety of materials for making knife handles. I make knives myself so understand makers needs.
I am the source for most materials offered. I find cut treat so am the source, and can answer questions. follow links under this knife handle material for specific materials, mammoth ivory scales wood etc. I offer help videos that may be of interest on YouTube I use cactus juice for most stabilizing, or thicker needs are fiberglass resin with dye. If there is a concern for 'home brew methods,' you can contact me for more information. Remember if you are not happy I refund. I sell mostly to custom knife makes, which I see as 'artists.' Art means one of a kind unable to easily duplicate with a simple set of instructions. Pa rot art and one of a kind involves mystery and unknowns.One of a kind materials that are rare can be unpredictable and or require learned skills. I'll help you as much as I can, but in some cases yo have to know something (to get finished custom prices) If you are in doubt about a material contact me. |
Above: I find most of my own mammoth ivory but do trade ivory I cut use with carvers who have knife handle material. I dry all material at least a year. I do a lot of stabilizing filling restoring as this material is 40 to 60,000 years old. I stay if it is all natural and untreated and is usually much more money. I deal with what I find. I may not find number one all the time. Rather then throw it out, I figure out how to make it work, sometimes by unique methods. I have video on how to treat your own if you prefer to buy my raw and make your own sets. Save at least half the money. often have to fill the back with resin to fill cracks make stronger make flat and try to do so in a way it doe snot show on finished knife or blends in al right. This can be reflected in the price as a $50 set instead of $150.
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I specialze in Alaska woods not commonly found on the commercial market. River birch, glacier poplar, alter and diamond willow. I stabilize with cactus juice usually, but sometimes use 3 colors and get my own unique look. My end product still behaves like wood snd is not plastic.-like, but is now hard enough to take a shine and gain some stability. I do not kill tress to get wood. Most is forest fire burn or from a Yukon River sandbars. On week long 800 mile trips into the wilderness I gather wood burls, rocks, and fossils. This becomes part of a lifestyle. I have 8 books written on the subject of an Indian Jones kind of life I have the most knowledge of this special wood as anyone. Those who professionally stabilize want to look it up in a book, deal with knowns, and are experimenting themselves when dealing with one of a kind.
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I specialze in Alaska woods not commonly found on the commercial market. River birch, glacier poplar, alter and diamond willow. I stabilize with cactus juice usually, but sometimes use 3 colors and get my own unique look. My end product still behaves like wood snd is not plastic.-like, but is now hard enough to take a shine and gain some stability. I do not kill tress to get wood. Most is forest fire burn or from a Yukon River sandbars. On week long 800 mile trips into the wilderness I gather wood burls, rocks, and fossils. This becomes part of a lifestyle. I have 8 books written on the subject of an Indian Jones kind of life I have the most knowledge of this special wood as anyone. Those who professionally stabilize want to look it up in a book, deal with knowns, and are experimenting themselves when dealing with one of a kind.
