Warthog tusks

19 November 2011, 00:17

donner

Warthog tusks

Got a hell of lot of warthog tusks!! some have been mounted on normal plates!but whould like to get new ideas for new plates and use!any out ther with good ideas?

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19 November 2011, 00:59

fujotupu

quote:
Originally posted by donner:
Got a hell of lot of warthog tusks!! some have been mounted on normal plates!but whould like to get new ideas for new plates and use!any out ther with good ideas?

Fit a bottle opener on the 'open end' and a corkscrew on the inside curve.

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19 November 2011, 02:23

Orvar

Ideas:

Book-ends

Handles for serving dishes

Dog whistles

Inverted, the legs of decorative bowls for coffee table

In accrilic is nice too (as paperweight)

19 November 2011, 02:31

Tim Carney

With the right conformation of tusk and the right woman as recepient can make a warthog tusk collar, I'll bet. Did so with a pair of wild boar (sanglier) tusks and it came out well.

You join the two bases with silver (or gold if you can afford it

) in such a way that the tusks circle the neck.

Regards

19 November 2011, 06:13

WV2WY

quote:
Originally posted by Tim Carney:
With the right conformation of tusk and the right woman as recepient can make a warthog tusk collar, I'll bet. Did so with a pair of wild boar (sanglier) tusks and it came out well.

You join the two bases with silver (or gold if you can afford it ) in such a way that the tusks circle the neck.

Regards

Tim

Could you post a pic of the collar, or PM it to me?

Sounds interesting.

Thanks

Tom Kessel
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Hiland, Wyoming
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19 November 2011, 06:14

WV2WY

quote:
Originally posted by donner:
Got a hell of lot of warthog tusks!! some have been mounted on normal plates!but whould like to get new ideas for new plates and use!any out ther with good ideas?

I have seen some smaller ones used as knife handles. They really looked good.

Tom Kessel
Hiland Outfitters, LLC (BG-082)
Hiland, Wyoming
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19 November 2011, 07:05

SteveGl

I made a hat/coat rack. I cut the tusks with a chop saw / masonry blade so they were pretty much the same size ... filled them with a mix of sawdust and white glue ... and back-screwed them on an oak board centered on cabinet-drawer escutcheons.

It works and looks great.

19 November 2011, 07:29

prof242

If you have the tail and what it is "attached" to, you could also make a unique plaque. Tusks are mounted as normal, but above them is that "rear" piece with the tail sticking up. It makes a very interesting conversation piece. At least among my friends.
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20 January 2012, 20:09

Sportwc

If you want a picture of the collar necklace go to www.africansc.com we put mammoth bark in the seam and buff all of it to a nice satin gloss. Make sure you cut enough of the ends off to avoid cracking it from the heat generated by the curing of the epoxy

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