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[Mark Knapp]

A medium sized cow mammoth tusk I just finished.

 

[Mark Barone]

That's amazing!!

 

[Von Gruff]

Very nice work Mark. I see there is no taper to the mammoth tusk as compared to the elephant

 

[C Craft]

That is awesome Mark. Now I want to see one!!!

 

[Sean Jones]

Outstanding!

 

[Dusty One]

Very Cool did you find it ?

 

[Chris Railey]

Wow, Just Wow that is cool.

 

[Mark Knapp]

Mammoth tusks do carry their weight throughout the whole tusk. They are also much longer than elephant tusks for the size as the animal and the diameter of the tusk.

No, I did not find this one. I never get to find them. It's much easier, cheaper to just buy them from native people and miners that find them.

My job is to restore them. Thanks everybody.

 

[Smallshop]

Not only is that tusk beautifully finished...your store is amazing. Very tastefully done. Wish I could come and browse!

 

[Mark Knapp]

Thanks Ted

 

[BossDog]

I need more mammoth in my life.

 

[Mark Knapp]

I need more mammoth in my life.

Tracy, if you ever get to Alaska please come by my shop. You can breath more mammoth dust than you can handle. I'd love to show you around.

Oh wait, you said "in your life" not in your nose. My mistake.

 

[EdCaffreyMS]

I thought pornography was prohibited on this site!?! Just kidding.....that's one of those things that just makes me drool!

 

[Raymond Richard]

I've been hoping my dog would drag one of those tusks home. I'm seeing a lot of teeth on the table but can't figure out what is between you and the tusk. Could it be a walrus skull?

 

[BossDog]

Tracy, if you ever get to Alaska please come by my shop. You can breath more mammoth dust than you can handle. I'd love to show you around.

Oh wait, you said "in your life" not in your nose. My mistake.

I *don't* need that smell tho...

 

[doug adams]

Man that is pretty. What do they look like before you restore them?

 

[Mark Knapp]

Thanks everybody.

This is what they look like when people find them. Sometimes in much worse condition than this one but those are usually cut up for other things, not used for restoration.

This is the next tusk I'm restoring.

 

[Von Gruff]

To the untrained eye that looks like a real task Mark. Would love to see how you go about the transformation. A WIP would be great without giving away trade secrets of course.

 

[Dennis Morland]

That is such a cool job.

 

[doug adams]

Thanks Mark