I had wanted to try and find some moose and caribou horn for knife handles while I was there but had not been able to find anything for certain. On our trip I was excited to find a place that said they sold horn and antler. On the way back to Anchorage we stopped and I visited with the gentleman for quite a while and left a a couple hundred dollars lighter. It turns out that not only did he have horn and antler he also had fossilized ivory from Alaska and other fossilized bone. I have not worked any of this material yet so I don't know how it will turn out, but I'm really excited and hopeful!
I did not buy full sets of antler because of the waste involved and the fact that I couldn't get it in my luggage! I'm on some small pieces some of which already have knives on which they can go. In
In most of these are labeled and they're not I will explain what they are.
The smaller piece in the picture is the inner core of the Steppe Bison's horn. The Steppe bison was a prehistoric species that went extinct about 10,000 years ago.
The walrus teeth are not big enough for knife handles, though they might a necklace or a pair of earrings. Slices of the teeth might be in late and they handle a knife as a shield.
These last 2 pictures are petrified sea cow bone.
I thought I'd show what sort of material is available if you look for it.
I get tired of using the same old stuff all the time for handles!
