- great story.Paul, I was fortunate enough to have saved up enough overtime for a few years and went to Africa in 2012 with a buddy. The timing was right as my girls were still young and college was a few years off. I had a great hunt, taking 8 animals with 8 shots, alternating between my .35 Whelen and 7x57. The Warthog was number 1 on my list of animals. We saw several, but it seemed the larger ones in that are liked to fight a lot because most had broken tusks. I took this one with my .35 Whelen. The professional hunter I was hunting with told me people from Spain will come to hunt nothing but warthogs, just for their tusks and taking anywhere from 6 to 10 on a trip. I would love to go back someday if this COVID crud ever gets sorted out. Who knows, maybe I could commission a knife build with tusks off an animal I took?
- edible...?!Kind of off-topic question, but is Warthog meat edible? Wild-Boar here in Europe is an acquired taste but I like it alright-marinated in Redwine before cooking.
Do Warthog tusks require special curing before they can be turned into knife-scales?
Thanks, Will
Thank you very much and it is nice to see your Meerkat again my friend .
Harry
....stamp your feet, make a noise, create a presense - they're more scared of you.Chui Magical imagery. Sounds like Hemmingway or perhaps the late Wilbur Smith.
But, with all that wildlife-and likely SNAKES roaming about, I'd need a bottle of Pinotage before I could sleep
You can eat snakes too...in Paris a few years back I was drooling over a Warty Laguiole in an Aladdins cave of knives on Iles St Louis....the price was out of reach. I opted for a gorgeous Ramshorn instead...my wife had an expression on her face not unlike a warthog so I got the best of both worlds ...Jeez I think if I had a pair I would have bought the Warthog Ivory and she would have turned into one and gored me with her tusks...Chui Magical imagery. Sounds like Hemmingway or perhaps the late Wilbur Smith.
But, with all that wildlife-and likely SNAKES roaming about, I'd need a bottle of Pinotage before I could sleep
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And one belonging to a friend.....which I think is ......just look at that grind too...!
- very nice too, Gordon.........beautiful character to yoursBeen about three weeks - not sure if anyone wants to keep this thread current?
Tried a new "beauty shot" of the Meerkat, hopefully to showcase the wonderful lines and beauty of the handle. I need to get better with lighting, the upper right of the quarter of the image has a bit too much lighting on the material used for the sweep.
- very nice too, Gordon.........beautiful character to yours