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Has anyone had this problem? My mount is 5 years old and the lower tusks are splitting. I may be able to repair if they completely split apart with superglue.
Is there any way to prevent this in the future?
I live im Michigan, so low humidity shouldn't be a problem.
 
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They should be filled with epoxy before they are set in the mount. I have many,many boar/warthog tusks and I always fill them and have yet to have any split.
 
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Mine did the same thing and superglue was what I used. Curiously the halves were not a perfect match when glued. It was as if one side had shrunk a little. I did not lose any pieces, just shrinkage. I thought that might have been the stress to make them split.
 
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My daughter makes some jewelry from my regular hog tusks and she fills with acrylic and uses epoxy on the exterior that can be polished. I would epoxy the split.


Larry

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Originally posted by LJS:
Mine did the same thing and superglue was what I used. Curiously the halves were not a perfect match when glued. It was as if one side had shrunk a little. I did not lose any pieces, just shrinkage. I thought that might have been the stress to make them split.

exactly, is the difference in shrinkage that differnt zone of the tusk have that make them split.


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