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Cinderford. Not too far from Cirencester as the crow flies, but about 35 miles by road, because there is water in the way :)

Mammoth ivory is actually quite soft to work with, and a dream to polish.

http://www.rod-neep.com/rod/knives/mammoth/shw-mi5fin.jpg

The main problem is finding pieces without cracks and flaws,...

A picture of both sides....
http://www.pensoftheforest.co.uk/shaving/sotd/dovo-mammoth-2.jpg

The staining is of course just natural mineralisation, and there is a hint of copper green at one end...

I have had a love for mammoth for a very long time :)

50 years ago when I was at university studying geology, we were taken on a field trip to a very uninspiring gravel pit. It was a very cold day...

My long-lusted-over Dovo Mammoth Ivory razor arrived today

http://www.pensoftheforest.co.uk/shaving/sotd/dovo-mammoth-a.jpg

http://www.pensoftheforest.co.uk/shaving/sotd/dovo-mammoth-b.jpg
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