Thread: First time working with ivory

Originally Posted by ofelas

Wow nice job 2knives.
Looks like you have some left over for some nice horn scales with ivory inlay.

Yeah that's what I was thinking. I haven't gotten the process of a good inlay down yet.

Inlay can be learned by practicing on knife handles that have liners to form a scale on top of.

Originally Posted by 2knives

Yeah that's what I was thinking. I haven't gotten the process of a good inlay down yet.

where do you get the ivory from ?

Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL

I do feel somewhat guilty having made scales from ivory as it sickens me that people would kill such awesome creatures just for their tusks/teeth.

Me too. That's why I love the thought of mammoth ivory. Looks similar enough to my eyes, but that mammoth died waaaay long ago and I'm sure it didn't die just so people could use its tusks.