The Accurate Reloading Forums
Mammoth ivory inlay ?

This topic can be found at:
https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9411043/m/3981062251

18 March 2011, 12:00
tankhunter
Mammoth ivory inlay ?
I have some mammoth ivory and wondered if anyone else has ''inlayed it'' in their rifle without it umm err looking tacky or any ideas ??on something that looks good or tasteful.Or should i just put it back on the mantlepiece as a curio
18 March 2011, 13:22
vapodog
The stuff makes great knife handles! Smiler


///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
Winston Churchill
18 March 2011, 16:02
tiggertate
Also very popular for 1911 grips. I'm not fan of inalys on rifles but I have seen some tasteful ivory diamond inlay in the checkering pattern of some. If you have a mantlepiece I'd save it and just buy some chips from a knife-maker supply house like Texas Knives.


"Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson.
18 March 2011, 17:16
J.D.Steele
Not to everyone's taste, but here are 2 examples of works in progress. Both need much more work in the background, darkening it to reduce the light-color contrast and make the inserts appear less gaudy. The ram is fossil ivory and you can see some imperfections in it but this piece is unusually clean and clear for fossil ivory. Your mammoth ivory is slightly more difficult to work than elephant ivory but can give good results too.


Ivory can also work well on a muzzle-loader, for the thumb-plate inlay on the top of the rifle's wrist or an inlay on the sliding patchboz cover.
Regards, Joe


__________________________
You can lead a human to logic but you can't make him think.
NRA Life since 1976. God bless America!