Elephant Ivory Handles

[MITCH RAPP]

KJ, all three of these Northwoods were from Dave Shirley. I have several Northwoods Knives in Bone, Stag and Ivory, all from the Dave Shirley Days! The Ivory Lock back doesn't have a number, it's just called a Mountain Man. I have not purchased any of the New Northwoods models from KSF but from the photo's I have seen, they don't look half bad.

[jerryd6818]

Great thread, Roland. You folks are posting some impressive photos!

I just have this one Elephant Ivory fixed blade made by Craig Camerer. Sorry about the inverted pic.

Hey Rick. How about kicking some Springfield butt and getting us a budget passed?

Back on topic, that's just a beautiful knife.

[Railsplitter]

Hey Rick. How about kicking some Springfield butt and getting us a budget passed?

Back on topic, that's just a beautiful knife.

LOL. Yeah, I wish I could. I live about 6 blocks from the Statehouse. Maybe I should sneak in there one day and light a fire under their butts.

Speaking of Northwoods from the Dave Shirley days, does it count if I don't own the knife anymore? I used to have this Ivory Railsplitter but I sold it to someone who wanted it more than me. I still have the Ebony version of the same knife.

[kootenay joe]

Mitch, your Mountain Man is a Queen made knife, right ? Stunning rich ivory, did Dave S. supply it ?
Are you joking when you say the new Northwoods are not half bad ? Most are GEC made and the quality is tops. Probably the best USA made traditional style folding knives since WW II and that was 75 years ago. So, ythey are very good which is better than 'not half bad' !
kj

[MITCH RAPP]

KJ, Yes it's a Dave Shirley Knife made by Queen! As far as the new Northwoods knives go I'll take your word for it. I have never held one in my hands, I have only seen photo's of them. I will say though for some reason, I don't care to much for the Northwoods name etched on the blades, but that's just me!

[QTCut5]

I thought this 2008 GEC was mammoth ivory, but then I saw a photo of a David Taber knife with bark-elephant-ivory scales that look very similar (in KNIVES 2015, pg.90), so now I'm not so sure. I am pretty sure that Big Monk would know, however, since I got it from him.

~Q~

[terryl308]

KJ, I too love ivory, here is a photo of one I have made by Tony Metsala but it is mammoth ivory, if I can locate the photo's I'll post some I've made with elephant ivory, thanks for making this post, Terry

[kootenay joe]

QTCut, i think those are elephant ivory, the so called "bark" (woof, woof ? no, tree) or outer surface that gets scarred up from use(by the elephant). I have a GEC with very similar bark elephant ivory, a #53, 4 1/8" Double End Jack, that i will show when i post my GEC made ivory knives.
But elephant ivory and mammoth ivory are essential the same substance but of very different ages. The outer part of mammoth gets stained from minerals in the area where it is buried. The inner part of mammoth is still creamy colored and without a microscope cannot be differentiated from elephant ivory.
kj

[kootenay joe]

Terry, i am looking forward to seeing knives you have made. Always special to have a knife maker posting in a thread.
kj

[terryl308]

Here is a a elephant ivory tip and knife that I made for a gentleman customer of mine, he has it displayed on his desk. The knife handle shows what bark ivory can look like. The customer furnished the ivory and I made the blade and put the tip handle on it and made the walnut stand with some walnut that I had on hand. It also has 2 tusk tips on each end mounted on the walnut stand. Thanks for looking, Terry

[bkazz5]

I'll contribute a few pics to this thread. Some fantastic knives being shown. First pic is a group of Wendell Carson's. Second is a Case Classic Whittler marked proto. Third is a very early Bob Cargill.

[QTCut5]

Wow, Terry...that is a work of art! Very nice...very unique. Nice job!

Nice line-up, bkazz...especially like that Case classic whittler (looks kind of familiar )

~Q~

[bkazz5]

Thanks Q. It should look familiar. Thank you very much. You still collecting wharnies?

[jerryd6818]

Terry, that looks so good, it deserves a better picture.

[QTCut5]

Thanks Q. It should look familiar. Thank you very much. You still collecting wharnies?

You know it! Buying, swapping, collecting...whatever it takes...so many wharnies, so little time (and money). Those wharnies aren't going to collect themselves, someone's got to do it, so it might as well be me!

Cheers & Aloha, Brah,

~Q~

[RobesonsRme.com]

All very nice, but I'm still waiting for some vintage stuff.

Somebody"

Anybody?

Charlie Noyes

[Miller Bro's]

Me too

[knife7knut]

All very nice, but I'm still waiting for some vintage stuff.

Somebody"

Anybody?

Charlie Noyes

Here are a few I've posted before.
NYK 3 blade.
Guerre Fils(War Brothers)
Two Saynor horticultural knives.
Two Geo.Wostenholm knives.The larger has a date of 1870 on the shield.
A Persian jambiya circa mid-1600's
Several miscellaneous folders.
A small fixed blade I handled with pieces of old piano keys.
A Brookes & Crookes pipe knife.
A Russian multi-blade pre-1917.

[kootenay joe]

Nice color there K7K, in every one. How full are the blades ? The vintage ones i have all have well worn down blades which must mean they were the favorite most used pocket knife. Or else those who like ivory tend to be lousy at sharpening and waste a lot of steel.
kj

[kootenay joe]

I'm posting this knife now because of Charlie's request: "I'm still waiting for some vintage stuff."

Joseph Rodgers 3 3/8" Spotsman's knife, early 1900, likely 1906

[QTCut5]

WOW! (that thud you just heard was my jaw hitting the floor!)

Unbelievably, Utterly Breathtaking!

Right On!

~Q~

[danno50]

Superlative knife, Joe, and all the other adjectives QTCut5 used!
Dan

[terryl308]

More ivory customs by me, sorry no vintage stuff, made in 2010. . These are ivory and ebony, 2 Damascus blades and one carbon steel. All are "interior" ivory with mosaic pins. Terry

[QTCut5]

Hey Terry,

No apology necessary. Antique, vintage or modern, it's all good, and those are some sweet blades you got there. Thanks for posting them for all to enjoy.

Cheers,

~Q~

[RobesonsRme.com]

Doctor Proctor, that is a fabulous knife.

Charlie Noyes