Quote Originally Posted by PierreR View Post
Mammoth teeth, at least what I have used, are recovered from the permafrost. Some have been stabilized, please read, firmed up with resins. They can be easily cut with a thin wheel on an angle grinder, drilled with carbide burrs, shaped with a belt sander, and polished to a high sheen. The ones I have used are not fossils, and stink when worked, like sitting in a dentist chair. It smell like tooth being ground.

Down side. It is very brittle, usually separating along the enamel/dentine layers. There is zero flex. Even with a backing, they will pop. Only way I can see around it, would be to do it in tiles like MOP, and seal with CA glue.

PM me if you would like, I'll help out best as I can.
Thanks so much for the input. When I get my hands on some I will contact you. I have one of my grail razors on its way and the scales are toast so I want to do something special. Funny you shoul answer this thread Pierre, I was looking at an ox horn scaled custom u did that kind of led me to this! Thinking about it objectively it may be best for stability and look the best if it is worked like MOP and have the sections separated by a thin piece of brass or maybe sterling silver.... Idk food for thought...

My money was def on pixel knowing a thing or two- :-)

Thanks guys for quick resp as always