Great Eastern Sunfish Mammouth Ivory

[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 ___________________________Monk

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 """"

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[Earl]

Drop dead gorgeous!!

[theblindog]

WOW indeed!!!

[singin46]

Beautiful Monk!

[Draac]

Very nice, I love it !!

Draac

[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

[just in case]

Those are two insane toes ! If that dont give you GEC fever you dont have a pulse ! WOW ! ~Jason

[Stephen]

HOLY SMOKES!!!

[big monk]

HOLY SMOKES!!!

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

[Stephen]

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 ____Hello,Ol' Friend !!!!!!!! Good ta' see ya' still kickin' !!!!

[doglegg]

Wish I was the one! Those are a beautiful pair.

[LSS152]

Wow those are nice. I wonder what they sold for?

[big monk]

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 ___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

[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.
I'm happy to know that you are well.
Stay in touch(at least once every 5 years)

Stephen

[big monk]

Great to hear from ya;-----you have a great day,my friend**__________Monk

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

[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

[gsmith7158]

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?

[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

[boykinlp]

Those are awesome kj!!

[gsmith7158]

Here's one I picked up today at the Blade Show. A 2009 double pull #36 with interior mammoth.

[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

[gsmith7158]

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.

[wlf]

There were 5 interior elephant ivory 46s from ‘11 and one bark ivory from that same tusk Roland.

[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.