Photos The Horn and Bone Thread

[K.O.D.]

Yes I'm well aware of the implications of this title.

Show off your knives with bone, horn, antler, tusk, etc!

Alan Davis with Corsican ram horn

Seamus Nor'Easter with giraffe bone

 

[wonderboy1377s]

 

[GB940Rookie]

Bone handled Russell Barlow

 

[jmh33]

 

[killgar]

I only have one. My Italian AGA Campolin "switch-bowie" .

 

[wonderboy1377s]

 

[Synov]

Jerry Hossom Au Eli in crosscut blue mammoth tusk

 

[Arathol]

 

[The Grendels]

 

[AntDog]

Jerry Hossom Au Eli in crosscut blue mammoth tusk


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Lookin’ good, mama!

 

[NWFRS]

 

[Synov]

Jerry Hossom Au Eli in crosscut blue mammoth tusk

I recently learned that you can tell the difference between modern tusk and extinct animal tusk by the angle of the W pattern striations called Schreger lines. Tusks from extinct species have acute angles while modern species have obtuse angles. You can see these lines clearly in my handle, especially the blue areas.

 

[wonderboy1377s]

 

[timberweasel]

Ram's horn...


Scagel Fruitport

 

[Dextar]

Just wanted to learn:
for those horn (stag horn) scale, why some colors are white and more brown/amber, but some others are white and more dark (black)?
What causes this variations? the clean level? the age? or?

 

[Bob Denman]

Mammoth bark here...

 

[Monofletch]

Mammoth ivory and 24k gold!

 

[Monofletch]

I forgot I just got this from Gary W. Graley

 

[eveled]

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Nice one there Monofletch

and here's a smallish one that rides in my watch pocket daily

IMG_7961 by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

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