Exotic Materials for Razor Scales

[dreadpirate]

What are some of the most exotic razor scales you have seen? I saw a razor for sale that was supposedly made from Mammoth tusks (not sure if this is from tusks found in permafrost or a fossil).

Of course there's ivory, mother of pearl, bog wood, numerous other woods.

Any other interesting exotics out there?

 

[johnmrson]

Antler. Some bone polishes up nice as well. I've seen a few with sterling silver scales.

 

[Seraphim]

Tortoise shell.

 

[Isaac]

Stag horn, Mammoth Ivory, Abalone, Bone, Ram's horn to name a few

 

[honed]

I'm still waiting for the first human bone scaled razor

Camel-bone is beautiful & available at a few places.

Basically it seems that if you want some really nice, exotic scales, an animal just has to die...

 

[gixxer]

I have not actually seen it but I know it could work. Oosic. Walrus ivory too. Fossilized walrus bone. If somebody wanted to spend the money you could use narwhal tusk.

 

[spindlecone]

I have not actually seen it but I know it could work. Oosic. Walrus ivory too. Fossilized walrus bone. If somebody wanted to spend the money you could use narwhal tusk.

I work with the above all the time,enough material to make a set of scales would not be that costly for a fine blade.

 

[ignatz]

I don't know if the following stuff counts as exotic, but rasurpur.de in Germany is showing some really sweet looking scales in various materials that are being sold by TI. There appear to be offerings in Bone, Desert Ironwood, Abalone and some handsome dyed, wood burl.

Here is the link (scroll half way down the page): http://www.rasurpur.de/english/news/news.php

 

[Legion]

I've seen giraffe bone. That looked cool.

 

[azmark]

I've seen giraffe bone. That looked cool.

I've seen giraffe and they look great!

 

[Woodash]

Stag horn, Mammoth Ivory, Abalone, Bone, Ram's horn to name a few

If it's truly Mammoth, I find that hard to top for rarity...

 

[honed]

If it's truly Mammoth, I find that hard to top for rarity...

Mammoth fossils actually.
Not that hard to get, but of course very expensive.

 

[Thebigspendur]

Probably true Elephant Ivory and Narwhale is the rarest and illegal unless you find preban stuff. Mammoth isn't really fossilized. It hasn't been in the ground long enough to turn to stone like say petrified wood. It's in the process and the outer layers are starting to have the coloration as the minerals begin to replace the ivory.

 

[professorchaos]

Hippo ivory is currently my holy grail of scale materials. Would mind some scales from whale bone either.

 

[spindlecone]

Mammoth fossils actually.
Not that hard to get, but of course very expensive.

$200/lb to be exact.
Fossil walrus jaw knife stand,gem quality walrus Knife scales.

 

[Woodash]

Mammoth fossils actually.
Not that hard to get, but of course very expensive.

Hmm. Don't know why, but somehow I got the idea that all mammoth remnants were fossils.

 

[spindlecone]

Hmm. Don't know why, but somehow I got the idea that all mammoth remnants were fossils.

True fossils are tottaly mineralized,even tho mammoth may have been in ground for 10 K yrs,it has not become a true fossil yet.
Walrus Ivory harvested prior to 1972 is called fossil ivory for resale reasons,all legal.

 

[dreadpirate]

Very interesting - thanks!

Hippo ivory is currently my holy grail of scale materials. Would mind some scales from whale bone either.

 

[herbnerd]

Whales washed up on the shore belong to Tagata Whenua (people of the land - Maori) and if you know the right people, getting hold of some isn't too hard - and generally Koha is enough to secure some (Koha = Gift).

I do have some nice genuine fossil whalebone dug from a cliff in the South Island, but it is too fragile to use. I think it would need to be impregnated with resin before attempting anything.

Edit - How on earth did I spell "Whale Bone" incorrectly!

~R~

 

[spindlecone]

Whales washed up on the shore belong to Tagata Whenua (people of the land - Maori) and if you know the right people, getting hold of some isn't too hard - and generally Koha is enough to secure some (Koha = Gift).

I do have some nice genuine fossil whalebone dug from a cliff in the South Island, but it is too fragile to use. I think it would need to be impregnated with resin before attempting anything.

Edit - How on earth did I spell "Whale Bone" incorrectly!

~R~

very interesting,I deal with native alaskans (inuit) are lots of wonderfull materials only they can legally collect, gift or sell.