bonehead11

I am making a knife for my wife's b'day, (I suggested a wolly mammoth engraving, she wanted roses, to show how sweet she is she agreed to the wooly mammoth design) which led me to change my unfinished 45. colt grips to her knife grips.Anyway to make a long story longer It started to feel more like my knife then her's so I am doing the roses. Finally my question, this ivory is very fragile, ou may see in the pic I have already repaired it, I have heard of stabilized mammoth ivory, I am guessing/thinking of dipping it in clear epoxy resin. Any ideas/suggestions thanks in advance kevin(bonehead11)benge

I should introduce myself , I am a diesel mechanic by trade, a leather/ silversmith/ gun engraver hobbiest/ dreamer/ bonehead. 35 years ago I wanted to try blacksmithing and read every book I could find and tracked down an old peter wright anvil in s.s.f., calif. and carried it around in the back of my pickup for a year or two, never landing in a place to start a forge. A month ago I found a trenton anvil and forge here in clearlake ,calif. and ruined my first railroad spike, that is I hit it too hard too late, but I am as happy as I can be none the less! I have forgotten all I learned 35 years ago and read your site often and enjoy it greatly, thanks to all here are some pics of the forge, anvil and spike