Bobhabsolute
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Hi, I would like to buy a pen with Mammoth tooth inlay in the brown shades. I am opened to fountain pen as well (would be perfect if it comes with both mechanisms ). (I hope I am in the right thread)
I saw mammoth tooth pen blanks at WoodChux in Pa. It is pricey. I believe he only had red left in stock. http://woodchuxwoodturning.com/It is hard to find mammoth tooth in general, especially in sizes large enough for pens, but in a specific color as well? I was looking into mammoth tooth a few months back, and was taken aback by the price of what I was finding, and further surprised at just how rare it was (vast majority of the time it seems to be knife scales). I found a single piece, maybe two, mostly on knife making sites, and there wasn't really much in the way of color choice.
Thank you for your advise. I appreciate your honesty and your research. I am looking for somebody with experience with mammoth tooth as I would feel uncomfortable if a turner would try it and fail after a lot of efforts and expenses. I am searching the internet but those pens are rare. Anyway, thank you again.It has been twelve hours and 73 people have seen your post. Nobody has responded. I am not surprised. I am responding so that you know that your request has been seen.
Sorry, but a request like yours in a first post is not likely to get much of a response from this community. That's especially true considering the exotic and expensive nature of the request. Establishing trust on either side isn't easy. So many things can go wrong, and anyone who has been here has seen the posts with horror stories of similar requests gone bad.
From what I have learned here, mammoth tooth is very challenging to turn. I have never tried it. I like quirky and interesting pen materials. I looked into mammoth tusk a while ago, and quickly figured out that it is far too difficult, risky, and expensive for my taste. You are asking for an inlay, which could be easier and less of a challenge, depending on how it is done.
My advice would be to find a woodturning group in Montreal that can interact with you, get to know and trust you, etc. A quick web search yielded this group in the Montreal area:
http://www.wiwoodturners.ca
Good luck!
You are right. I want to have a pen to match a knife that I gave to my wife. That is to celebrate 30 years of life together.It is hard to find mammoth tooth in general, especially in sizes large enough for pens, but in a specific color as well? I was looking into mammoth tooth a few months back, and was taken aback by the price of what I was finding, and further surprised at just how rare it was (vast majority of the time it seems to be knife scales). I found a single piece, maybe two, mostly on knife making sites, and there wasn't really much in the way of color choice.
Thank you. I am already waiting for answers from other sites but I will have a look at him again (I saw it, but I wrongly believed it was simply a store and nothing was available). Just to know that somebody from this site know the turner behind that site increases my level of trust toward it.There you go, Jason is your man for Mammoth pens
You're right - I forgot Tim also works with mammoth tooth - he and Jason are both superb pen makers.Tim Cullen (Hooligan Georgia) is another that has done a lot of work in mammoth.
House of mammoth is a group though i believe. There are many places if you google search.I think the guy your talking about in Canada, is The House of Mammoth. He has an incredible selection of mammoth, as well as other stuff. Unfortunately, he is only listing via Facebook as far as I know.
No. This guy is not a group. He operates out of Ontario Canada, but does a lot of international shipping. I believe he also does his own stabilizing. Unfortunately, mammoth is very expensive and a little out of my stock budget.House of mammoth is a group though i believe. There are many places if you google search.