I'm a big fan if exotic scale material and have come across alot if knives using fossilized mammoth tooth as handle material. Of course on the knives the material in pinned flat against a metal backing and is not freestanding like razor scales. My question is is the stuff, stable/strong/flexible enough for straights? Oils it be used with a backing and work? Or I this just a no go?

Anybody have experience working with the stuff? I have search around and haven't found much on the material relating to razors...

I assume it could be used like MOP, in ridged pieces pinned to a backing- but can it be used as a single souls piece?