Woolly Mammoth

Well part of one anyway. Scored this slab of tusk and it's going to make a set of really nice scales.

you are just trying to get more money out of me aren't you. very nice sir.

Nice piece, waiting to see what you do with it.

Very cool! Look forward to seeing the completed piece.

Going to be cool, but I don't know if I could cut it LOL, neat mantel piece by itself.

I've got other pieces from the past that are to thin or to chalky for knife scales for mantle pieces. This is one of the most solid pieces of tusk that I've ever came across,but it didn't come cheap

Oh I could imagine how much! Not like it is available at Hobby Lobby!

This piece came out of Alaska, to me anyway the tusk from Alaska seem to be a lot more solid than the ones that come out of Siberia.

1911 grips would be cool too.

Yeah, that would look nice too!

Can't wait to see what you do with it Mike.

Mike, A nice wall plaque with info on where it came from and a place to hold the knife, would be neat.

Good ideas guys. I haven't decided what I'm going to do with it. For now I'll stabilize it and just keep it in the shop in a safe place. Years ago before my old lab died he got in the shop one day and snatched a piece of Mammoth tusk off of my work bench and chewed it to pieces. My fault since I left the door open but I learned a lesson that day.

One of these days I'll have a blade that just begs for it, until then it will just sit.

Was it a high or low fence woolly mammoth?

That is a high dollar dog treat!

I'm sure he was a low fence, free range Woolly Mammoth. Probably killed by a bigger one during the rut

Yes but he did enjoy it. I never scolded him or anything. I wasn't there when he took it and it was my fault for leaving the door open. We all know how Labs like to chew on stuff.