Thread: Need mammoth info!

You want to see Mammoth, go to the Tuscon AZ gem show,The russians control 90% of the market so bring lost of cash.
Blue green Mammoth today is selling.
at $300/Lb,some still comes out of Alaska where it is found during mining operations or on the banks of rivers.
But it has to be handled properly.

It needs to be metal banded and cured somtimes for yrs.or it will turn to dust,be carefull buying Mammoth,you can really get burned.

Mark Knapp and Charles Turnage are very good sources for mammoth. If you want interior stuff, Mark will occasionally have blocks of of it and they are very solid. Charles told me that he trades his interior stuff for a LOT of bark ivory because bark is what his knife maker customers want and the guys who want interior stuff for carving, etc are willing to give away the farm to get it .

Okay thanks, I'll be planning a trip to the AZ gem show. Always wanted to go.
Yep definitely got screwed, but I should have known better what to look for, if I had I would have kept looking.
I'm saving money to get elephant ivory before its banned, maybe even most of a tusk to last me forever..
Mammoth will be available for a long time to come, of course the price will go up but at least will be available.

Maybe we could put a group together to pool money for a large section of tusk and get more for our money...? Either way when I get a big chunk I'll try to make it available as its getting hard to find. Though I don't have the right equipment to cut it down yet so that would be more expense.. Ugh!

Mike your between a Rock and a Hard place,Nobody can ship Ivory to Calif anymore

Well I'll be traveling back and forth so I think I'll be able to do it.. it's just banned to ship it right?

Originally Posted by MikeT

Well I'll be traveling back and forth so I think I'll be able to do it.. it's just banned to ship it right?

To a point,make sure you have a paper trail on the age and origins.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

To a point,make sure you have a paper trail on the age and origins.

Thanks I'll definitely do that. Good protocol for the authoritarian society that seems to be growing up around us.. rules rules and more rules.. oh joy!