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Is there a recommended treatment to preserve Ivory from Wart Hog, Hippo and Ele? If so, what is the product and how often? Some of my African stuff is getting older and I've never treated any of it. Mike ______________ DSC DRSS (again) SCI Life NRA Life Sables Life Mzuri IPHA "To be a Marine is enough." | ||
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One thing to consider on a serious side; ivory should not be kept in a very dry environment. Humidity under controlled conditions will help prevent cracking. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Still waiting for an answer. Anything new on ivory preservation from taxidermists or others? BTW, I use cream hair conditioner on my Ele hair bracelets. Nothing special, usually the hotel/motel freebies. Mike ______________ DSC DRSS (again) SCI Life NRA Life Sables Life Mzuri IPHA "To be a Marine is enough." | |||
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I have used Lubriderm lotion on mine and the elephant tusks have done well. Hippo tusks have not done as well but have not split. Humid in Chicago and they have been in a basement trophy room. BigB | |||
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I don't think that Elephants use anything on their tusks so you probably don't need to either.. | |||
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I was recently at the Benectine distillery and they have a collection of very old ivory. It's in an enclosed case and I think the humidity must be controlled, it looks to be in good shape for the most part. It's been in existance for a long time before the humidity controlled case though and I think it must have been in a moist enough environment, possibly in the UK for a long time? | |||
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Someone told be glycerine (glycerol) was the best product to rub on them about once per year. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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I fill clients tusks with a product called Smooth Cast. Its a casting resin and seems to prevent cracking. Ive got a set of WH tusks that are over 10 years old as well as a set of bush pig tusks with no cracks. Pro Staff for: In Natures Image Taxidermy | |||
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I have a different type of Euro mount for my wartie. Should I be concerned that I can't get to the bases of the tusks to treat them? I'm pretty sure that they were not treated at all when I had them done in Namibia.  Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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I don't know if this will be of any help but this is what i have done and eveything is good although i don't have any elephant tusks. On all tusks i have either pig,hippo,walrus. i fill in the tusk with silicon first and then once a year polish them using car polish which is silicon based. so far none have cracked or discoloured. hope this helps? | |||
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My taxidermist says to use ordinary furniture polish about once a year. I also use it on impala horns, etc. Indy Life is short. Hunt hard. | |||
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