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Title: "Eye Candy"
Post by: Mechslasher on March 23, 2008, 12:43:00 PM

here are a couple i just finished with mammoth tooth scales.  the little one has mammoth ivory.  enjoy!
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/Eyecandy2.jpg)
  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/Eyecandy3.jpg)
  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/Mammoth1.jpg)
  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/Mammoth2.jpg)

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: Leftieshot on March 23, 2008, 01:15:00 PM

Nice!  Did the ivory came that color?  Where are you getting your damascus?

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: Bodork on March 23, 2008, 01:16:00 PM

Those are beautiful knives. Mammoth tooth and damascus makes a top notch knife in my opnion. Do you get to pick the color of the mammoth tooth? That's the first red one I've seen. Did you make the blades also? Mike

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: farmboy on March 23, 2008, 04:56:00 PM

Great lookin knives! Where do you get that ivory?

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: brettlandon on March 23, 2008, 06:18:00 PM

Those knives are great!  :clapper:    :clapper:  

-Brett

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: Lewis Brookshire III on March 23, 2008, 07:59:00 PM

WOW! Thsoe look great. Ive got to get a Damascus blank to play with!

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: Mechslasher on March 23, 2008, 10:17:00 PM

thanks fellows!  i get all my supplies off *bay.  a fellow in texas does all my mammoth tooth and ivory scales.  he stabilizes his mammoth tooth in several different colors.  i've got some purple colored tooth scales on the way for my next knife.

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: dorris on March 24, 2008, 01:43:00 AM

my wife loves that top one both are outstanding  great work .

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: Chris Surtees on March 24, 2008, 06:06:00 AM

Very nice looking knives!

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: skullworks on March 24, 2008, 06:52:00 AM

Super job! Those things are sick!!!!

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: OconeeDan on March 24, 2008, 07:56:00 AM

Cool!

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: varmint on March 24, 2008, 08:03:00 AM

Chris,

   Those are beautiful!!

   I've seen lots of Mammoth Tooth,but none with the red color those scales have.I've noticed alot of blue tints and then all the regular,if you want to call it that,shades,but never that reddish color.Where did you come across those??

   Again........simply STUNNING!!

Oops!Guess I should read the WHOLE thread before asking questions........thanks for the info.

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: varmint on March 24, 2008, 08:06:00 AM

I do have a question tho..........

Is there any major difference working with the mammoth tooth scales compared to working with stabilized wood scales or horn??

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: Izzy on March 24, 2008, 03:40:00 PM

Niiiiiiice!

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: Mechslasher on March 24, 2008, 07:13:00 PM

varmint, imagine trying to shape something that is second only to a diamond in hardness. enamel, the white streks in the grip, is some tough stuff, it did come from a mammoth after all. the reddish sections are fairly soft so it's tricky to work without having dips. i usually go through one or two bandsaw blades and three or four sand belts per knife. drill bits don't last that long either. then throw on top off all this the scale could shatter or chip during shaping. it is cool watching how the scales light up while bandsawing when the blade tries to cut through the enamel. i almost forgot, a good set of scales usually costs around $75-100+, but they do make a beautiful knife!

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: Steve Nuckels on March 25, 2008, 09:10:00 PM

Really interesting looking, the more I look at it the more I like it!  Nice Job!

Title: Re: "Eye Candy"
Post by: Long Bow on March 26, 2008, 09:42:00 PM

That's some fine work Mechs!