Mammoth Ivory

[CZR38Super]

Anyone else have an affinity for mammoth or other ivory and actually shoot with it?

I've got a few sets and they've all been rock solid. The 1 pair I haven't shot with yet are the mammoth molars, but just haven't gotten around to it.

 

[Enfielder]

I have ivory on my Colts officer model and bone on my Colts series 80 government model, no problems with either.

 

[H. Bowman]

I love it but can't talk myself into buying more of it. I've got a pretty awesome skinning knife with mammoth ivory grips.

 

[han_solo]

Be super careful when installing . Right under the safety on this one the grip was a bit off and it napped a piece of on install . Look into rubber bushings or rings maybe and don't over torque or it may break the grips if you feel ANY resistance stop and reassess .

 

[sonofeugene]

I have a Paul pocket knife with mastodon ivory handles that my wife gifted me. It’s beautiful.

 

[CZR38Super]

@han_solo

Who made those grips if you don't mind me asking?

 

[CZR38Super]

I change all my grip bushings to the Challis ones using their tool and use o-rings with any ivory grips.

Here are a few more of the sets I have.

 

[CZR38Super]

Last 1 for now.

 

[command_liner]

Sort of... but way far outside what you are thinking. I bought my wife a pair of earrings carved from mammoth ivory,
a polar bear motif, but not on a basket. Like the ones at

Baleen Basket with Walrus Ivory Bear

This Baleen Basket with Walrus Ivory Bear was made by Marilyn Hank in Point Hope, AK. Baleen is a material obtained by Inupiaq and St. Lawrence Islanders from harvested whales, particularly the bowhead. Baleen plates have hair-like structures that filter out tiny floating organisms and fish and...

www.alaskabestshopping.com

Almost certainly the same artist. Not something one finds at the local store.

My wife wears these occasionally when shooting in our back yard.

 

[Churro]

Anyone else have an affinity for mammoth or other ivory and actually shoot with it?

I've got a few sets and they've all been rock solid. The 1 pair I haven't shot with yet are the mammoth molars, but just haven't gotten around to it.

That is definitely a flex

 

[CZR38Super]

Didn't really mean it that way. Just love it as a material.

 

[Enfielder]

Mine, left is giraffe bone, right is ivory