Thread: Mammoth Ivory

Originally Posted by Bruno

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Petrified wood would also be stunning to make scales from, though I don't know if you can work it without breaking it.

Or amber - how hard is it to work with amber?

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Or amber - how hard is it to work with amber?

James.

I know you can drill and sand amber so that should at least be possible. Amber is resin based so it is fairly tough.

Amber would be easy to work and relatively lightweight stuff but finding it in a size suitable for scales would be unlikely and it would be very, very expensive. Petrified wood I would think would be very heavy; too heavy to be practical, unfortunately.

Originally Posted by PapaBull

Amber would be easy to work and relatively lightweight stuff but finding it in a size suitable for scales would be unlikely and it would be very, very expensive. Petrified wood I would think would be very heavy; too heavy to be practical, unfortunately.

They have an entire room of amber in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg.

Maybe you could get some from the scrap left over from the restoration. Either that or just take it like the Germans did, LOL.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Room