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Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:03 am
by big monk
Hey guys,take a look at a couple of Mammouth Ivory Sunfish,that someone ???? bought from Greg,@ TSA !!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW !!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know who bought em',but they sure are ,a beautiful pair, of knives ******* these were the two knives,that were going to be auctioned off,at the""Spirit of Steel""knife show,back in the fall,-----for some reason,the auction,never was. Check out the blog,on TSA,for some more info---I just had to share these two beauties,with you guys---and wish they were mine ::tear:: ___________________________Monk ::ds::


PS-----Congratulations,to the new owner ( whoever you are ???? )---- and if it's one of you guys,I hope you don't mind me sharing ,Greg's photos____but those are too pretty,not to share with all us ""GEC NUTS """" ::nod::

http://blog.tsaknives.com/2011/03/09/go ... px#Comment

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:07 pm
by Earl
Drop dead gorgeous!! ::drool:: ::drool::

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:31 pm
by theblindog
WOW indeed!!! ::drool:: ::drool::

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:53 pm
by singin46
Beautiful Monk! ::nod:: :shock:

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:16 pm
by Draac
Very nice, I love it !! ::ds::

Draac

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:55 pm
by Wilder
WOW!

Those mammoth fish are beeeeeeeeautiful!

Prototyes and Ken Daniels signed the c.o.a.s, too.

I think I like the exterior ivory example the best.

Thanks, Monk!

Wilder ::sneaky::

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:33 pm
by just in case
Those are two insane toes ! If that dont give you GEC fever you dont have a pulse ! WOW ! ::woot:: ~Jason

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:54 pm
by Stephen
HOLY SMOKES!!!

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:50 pm
by big monk
Stephen wrote:HOLY SMOKES!!!

MY,MY-----Looked who the cat drug out of the woods ::paranoid:: ____Hello,Ol' Friend !!!!!!!! Good ta' see ya' still kickin' !!!! ::tu:: ::tu::

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 6:56 pm
by Stephen
big monk wrote:
Stephen wrote:HOLY SMOKES!!!
Hello, monk!

Are you still accumulatig GECs?
You must have a huge collection by now.
I hope all is well with you and yours.

Best,
Stephen


IMY,MY-----Looked who the cat drug out of the woods ::paranoid:: ____Hello,Ol' Friend !!!!!!!! Good ta' see ya' still kickin' !!!! ::tu:: ::tu::

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 8:12 pm
by doglegg
Wish I was the one! Those are a beautiful pair.

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 4:38 pm
by LSS152
Wow those are nice. I wonder what they sold for?

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 5:08 pm
by big monk
Stephen wrote:
big monk wrote:
Stephen wrote:HOLY SMOKES!!!
Hello, monk!

Are you still accumulatig GECs?
You must have a huge collection by now.
I hope all is well with you and yours.

Best,
Stephen


Waited five years to answer this post :) ,my how time flys,when ya' get old :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ___Hey,Ol'Friend, nope not collecting any longer -- sold most all I had & started buying / trading guns ( got a safe full**) how about you ?? when was the last time you bought a GEC ?? Them grandkids,should be old enough by now for you to pass em' on __ are you still living near the lake/woods ?? I still remember a lot of the chat & trading we did back in the day__ it sure was fun back then !!!!! Hope you and yours are doing well __ take care my friend,Monk ::tu::

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 6:15 pm
by Stephen
Monk:

We sure did have fun back then when we were waiting for and buying every new release that GEC made. And I still have every knife that I bought back in those days. I picked up some really fine GEC stag during that time. Plus a lot of nice Case stag.
Yep, I'm still residing in Michigan's great north woods.
I got slowed down by some health issues but have recovered as best I can hope for.
I started buying a few knives about 3 months ago , some GECs as well as from other
knife makers. I kinda got hooked on mammoth ivory and have been
accumulating Tuna Valley examples of mammoth.
Btw, I have info from a solid source that "the guy" who bought
that pair of GEC mammoth-handled sunfish back in 2011 for $1995.00.
still owns them. :lol:
I'm happy to know that you are well.
Stay in touch(at least once every 5 years) ::ds::

Stephen

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 10:07 pm
by big monk
Great to hear from ya;-----you have a great day,my friend**__________Monk ::tu:: :)

PS___got back to deer hunting after I retired_________love the woods & get lucky some days ::groove::

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 8:25 am
by kootenay joe
The #46 with mammoth in O.P. are from 2009. Here is an ivory Whaler from 2011, shown next to a stag #36. I think there are 4 ivory ones from 2011.
kj

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 12:41 pm
by gsmith7158
kootenay joe wrote:The #46 with mammoth in O.P. are from 2009. Here is an ivory Whaler from 2011, shown next to a stag #36. I think there are 4 ivory ones from 2011.
kj
Well I suspect that one would fetch a pretty penny today! Beautiful Roland is that the E word?

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 3:10 pm
by kootenay joe
Yes, elephant ivory. A well known knife collector sold an elephant tusk to GEC and this became the ivory handles for most (all ?) of the GEC made ivory handled knives. Every single one i have seen is absolutely top quality ivory.
I do not make much of a differentiation between mammoth & elephant ivory. With magnification there is a minor difference in structure pattern but they are otherwise the same. Mammoth that has not taken on a stain (often very colorful) looks just like elephant ivory because it is just like elephant ivory.
Mammoth ivory is not fossilized, (i.e. replaced by minerals and become a rock), it has been preserved in the ground for 10,000 or more years. I think some as long as 40,000 !
kj

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 4:00 pm
by boykinlp
Those are awesome kj!!

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 6:44 pm
by gsmith7158
Here's one I picked up today at the Blade Show. A 2009 double pull #36 with interior mammoth.

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:01 am
by kootenay joe
Greg, that is a Score !
If you ever want to trade for my Stag #36 also from 2009, just let me know. :)
kj

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 2:37 am
by gsmith7158
kootenay joe wrote:Greg, that is a Score !
If you ever want to trade for my Stag #36 also from 2009, just let me know. :)
kj
Roland I thought of you when I saw this knife, but it will take some doing to get it away from me. :D

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:59 am
by wlf
There were 5 interior elephant ivory 46s from ‘11 and one bark ivory from that same tusk Roland.

Re: Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:55 pm
by Stephen
KJ: Above are the photos of my 2 mammoth-handled sunfish knives and the story behind them as posted by my friend Big Monk in 2011. I paid $1995.00 for the pair shortly before Big Monk's above message.
Btw, I still own the knives.