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I don`t know who put up the post about where to find mammoth ivory shavings ,I can`t find the thread ,but thanks I sent the money order off today ,Don`t worry I didn`t buy the lot ,I don`t have $US50,000 just lying around .
If you put your hand up I will let you know how it goes :tu
Kind regards Peter
If lots of guys are interested in picking up exotic material of some sort, say mammoth ivory or something, we could try pooling out money together.
Mammoth ivory seems to drop in price once you are buying more than a set of scales.
I know a vendor in the yukon that sells mammoth ivory and will wholesale it for about $60/pound to craftsmen. you can request certain colorations and sizes if they are available. I've bought from him twice in the past and been very happy.
Anyways, let us know what you pick up. I'm sure we'll be seeing a new razor or two soon!
I know this is probably a stupid question, but I've seen this material mentioned in several places on the site and I have to ask: are you talking about the extinct-for-thousands-of-years, ice-age woolly mammoth? How on earth does anyone not associated with a museum get hold of that?:eek:
James.
Due to the numbers of mammoth, and more specifically the regions they lived in, they are very well preserved. The mammoth lived during the last ice age and many specimens are preserved in glaciers and perma frost, a frozen layer of dirt below the surface, that never thaws out, even in summer.
Alaska, the Canadian North and Northern Russia all provide thousands and thousands of frozen and preserved mammoth tusks, along with the occasional entire mammoth. Since many museums have had their fill of mammoth displays (after all, how many does one museum need) the rest find there way onto the world market.
Most tusks are broken and sold by the pound as an alternative to elephant ivory. Since mammoth are extinct, there are no international laws (CITES) that ogvern the trade of the ivory, so it is 100% legal, anywhere, anytime.
The good condition tusks can sell for 10,000- 20,000$ per piece. If you've got an extra $150,000 kicking around, you can pick up an entire wooly mammoth skeleton.
That, and I have a breeding pair of mammoth in my backyard. Shh. Don't tell.
Matt, I won't tell anyone if you make me a matching Ebony/Ivory brush+stand (to keep the Ebony/silver company) AND knit me a nice warm mammoth-wool sweater, to come with about 150lbs of meat :D
I love the stuff and have been temted more than once to buy one of those cool Dovo's with the Mammoth engraved on the scales. Anybody have one of those?
The crusted ivory is great looking to.
Hey Larry! You have been keeping yourself (and your avatars :w) away from us too much lately.. You have to drop by more often :D
Yes, those should drop by more often.
The Dovo with the ivory is a nice looking razor. I'm planning on getting one, but haven't done so yet.
The descriptions are a bit odd, but they are quite nice. Some websites state that they are the "inside ivory, which is waayyy better" but they look like bark, or close to bark, since most seem to have some sort of mineralization. Plus, the bark ivory, or crust, or rind, is generally more expensive, because it can have all kinds of unique patterns and colors due to thousands of years of mineralization. So in effect, the site is claiming that the razor is made of the lower costing ivory, but at the same time, claiming that the lower costing ivory is better than the good stuff!
Does anyone understand that? I wrote it and Im a bit lost. Definitions aside, the razor is a stunner.
Hm, let's clarify then
1. Description claims the scales are inside ivory, claimed to be way better
2. Inside ivory is actually cheaper and not better
3. The razor actually looks to have scales from bark, which is more expensive and better
Hope that helped.
The trick here would be to tell them the inside ivory is actually not better (truth), get them to lower prices, and buy the razor cheaper, while it should actually be even more expensive, I gather? It would only work if current prices aren't inflated way beyond what they should be for the better thing - then you may pay, more or less, the right price for the material, even if they lower the price, achieving no significant deal.
Now all is clear :D
Cheers
Ivo
"Better" is a subjective word. They can say 'better' and mean more pristine even though the crust is rarer (more specific choice of words) and thus more expensive. Besides that, cheaper is also 'better' isn't it? At least if you're the one buying it is. McDonalds uses potatoes with shallow eyes for their fries because in their books they are the best potatoes. It gets them more fries. I like red potatoes because they're tastier and prettier and thus better in MY book.
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Thanks guys, I'm alive and well and shaving with a straight every day. I might have to rotate into one of those Dovo's now. Damn, I need to stay out of here.
Thanks for the info guys. I must admit I'm still a bit amazed - shaving with a several thousand year old set of mammoth tusks strapped to the blade... You learn something new everyday:tu