Dinosaur bone

Good dinosaur bone is very hard, up to 7 on the MOHS scale, and must be worked on lapidary equipment. I use a lot of it in what I do but I know of no place to buy preformed scales. Email me for more information.
 
Rade Hawkins knife supply, Hes even got some Dinosaur poop. no joke. Im not sure if he sells it but Im almost positive he does
 
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Dino poop is called coprolite and it too is hard agate at about 7 on the MOHS scale. It usually is not very good looking with mostly greys, white and browns swirled together.

If you can get slabs with fortifications it can look very nice on a kinfe. A fortification is a "walled" section with bands of agate around a central core of solid agate. There is one with red walls (near the bottom) and one with plum colored walls (near the top) in the knife scale showing below.

Here is a picture of a knife with dino poop scales....

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Keith ,I have seen some nice slabs of dino bone offered on Ebay, and it does'nt cost a lot of money for some nice looking stuff.A search for "dinosaur bone slabs" will yield several results, and most are in sizes suitable for scales for folders or small fixed blades.
 
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Redrummd said:
Dino poop is called coprolite and it too is hard agate at about 7 on the MOHS scale. It usually is not very good looking with mostly greys, white and browns swirled together.

If you can get slabs with fortifications it can look very nice on a kinfe. A fortification is a "walled" section with bands of agate around a central core of solid agate. There is one with red walls (near the bottom) and one with plum colored walls (near the top) in the knife scale showing below.

Here is a picture of a knife with dino poop scales....

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How can you tell its poop? If it were poop wouldn't we be seeing some corn? :D That does make a nice looking handle!
 
Raymond Richard said:
How can you tell its poop? If it were poop wouldn't we be seeing some corn? :D That does make a nice looking handle!
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this is a dinosaur were talking about ...come on......you should see the whole ear, cob and all. Obviously they ate whole ears at a time.:p
 
Once it is cut you really can't tell where it came from but when it is found it looks like a pile of poop. The location and age of the rock deposits helps in identification. If anyone is buying from Ebay please contact me as I know just about every dealer selling. Most is not good enough for use on a knife as it has a lot of fractures and pits. Some is too soft and won't a take a decent polish too.

I have cut stone and traded knives with several of the dealers. Currently I have over $5000.00 in dino bone slabs on my workbench from a dealer who is trading 1/2 of it for custom knives.....
 
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Most of the dino bone for sale in the US is from the Morrison Formation of Western Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. Almost all of this has at least some, and often a lot of, Uranium mineral replacement of the bone. Much of it is HOT, so you might want to check it out.
 
Now I have another handle material to put on a knife I will make for an enemy. The first choice is oosik. with either handle material they will think that it is a great looking knife with a cool looking handle. I'll be thinking "ha you son of a blank you don't even realize what you are holding". Sorry I couldn't resist.
I had a buddy of mine that had some bone, I however lost touch with him. I will try to find him if I can.
 
Thank you very much guys. I have seen the slabs on eBay, but was hoping to find some precut scales. It probably makes sense to purchase the big pieces though. They can be cut to the exact size needed.

Redrummd, I will send you an email later today.
 
Just when you think you've seen it all... dino poop handles. ;)

When I saw the thread title, all I could think of was the Soundgarden tune, "Rusty Cage", also recorded by Johnny Cash... "Too cold to start a fire, I'm burnin diesel, burnin' dinosaur bones..."
 
Redrummd said:
Dino poop is called coprolite and it too is hard agate at about 7 on the MOHS scale. It usually is not very good looking with mostly greys, white and browns swirled together.

If you can get slabs with fortifications it can look very nice on a kinfe. A fortification is a "walled" section with bands of agate around a central core of solid agate. There is one with red walls (near the bottom) and one with plum colored walls (near the top) in the knife scale showing below.

Here is a picture of a knife with dino poop scales....

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Its easy to tell its dino poop as you can see the blood for his last meal. Its funny when i say the post about where to get dino bone for handles the first thought was to contact you Redrummd lol :D
 
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