Bruce Bird Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 This is a photo of a letter opener that I'm carving from mammoth ivory . Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 i like how you photoed it on a set of tools. what do you do with your bone dust? do you have a use for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Bird Posted June 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 Hi Dan Antler or bone dust is good for the garden . Bone meal is what they call it . I collect it in a bucket every once in a while and when the bucket is full , on to the garden or compost it goes . Those tools are part of what I use daily when I carve . I wear out files . The antler handles on the files you see I made when I was a teenager . The shiny brass part is the end of a cartrige shell and is the most used file . Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 good to know i was thinking it would be inturesting to use the dust for wood inlay work. thought it would be cool to say i have mammoth bone mounted in my wood turning. eventuly i want to have all kinds of different materials. right now i have just some decrative sand, brass, some iron, and a few piece of decoration that i have made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony N Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 love the work you can use pva glue and bone dust to fill in cracks in your work too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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