Thread: Wade,,, just Wade,, in Mammoth

Seems I'm on an Ivory roll lately. Except this is in Mammoth Ivory. I happened to grab two 4 X 6 slabs that were bookmatched. I cut one scale from each slab to try and have a matching set. It still boggles my mind thinking about this and then seeing it on my bench. Very cool.
These slabs don't have the typical fissures and cracks but instead look like petrified slabs of wood. Some who know better than me said they are quite rare and are typical of pieces found in Russia. I certainly have no clue about such things.
The blade had some of the typical issues but came up nicely.
Never saw one simply stamped Wade. Hopefully someone here can chime in and add some history.
We decided to follow the design of the original Ivory scales. But instead of using the original wedge , and keeping it all "natural" I used a black horn piece. Triple and double stacks complete the pinning. The blade apparently had a high polish so I followed this as well.
I had to be especially careful ( and couldn't do much) with the etch across the spine which reads in a very shallow etch, Magnum Bonum

Some other shots.

Looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

How about it! Considering this stuff is from the Pilocene era, some 2-5 million years ago it still looks pretty good for it's age. Boggles my feeble mind seeing it on my bench.

I can't imagine having a razor with Mammoth ivory, but I know that if I was ever so fortunate to obtain a piece, I'd want you to make the scales. There are as beautiful as they ever could be.

I can hardly stand it anymore. It just gets better and better. I can hardly write my name legibly let alone try something that would come out like these razors you post. Thanks again for sharing.

WOW!
I am a bit curious as to why you did not use a wider wedge to set the closed blade deeper.
A loverly piece of work!
~Richard

Originally Posted by Geezer

WOW!
I am a bit curious as to why you did not use a wider wedge to set the closed blade deeper.
A loverly piece of work!
~Richard

Hello Richard,
Very good observation!
I too would have liked to see the blade sit a bit deeper. But sticking with the original shape had I used a wider wedge to let the blade settle a bit deeper would have let the heel of the blade protrude below the scale.
In this case, keeping the original profile, I'd rather have a blade sit a little proud than have the blade stick out of the bottom of the scales.

Odd,
But there is usually a rhyme to my reason.

Rally nice work. I was entertaining the idea of purchasing a slab of mammoth from a Cdn supplier.. Still am actually. But the price is significant for a newbie like me. The rarity of the material and the high probability of me screwing it up is what I mean.. How'd it feel in the build, similar to antler, or wood?
Again, really nice looking razor..
Cheers.

One trouble with sticking to a copy of an original to me is, What is original?

That could have been an old rescale using what was handy.