Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Ivory hilt dagger with "Tears" and a "Smiley?"

spiral · 8th August 2007, 11:13 PM

I made no comment about yours nice looking knives Jen,

Just about ivory in general.

I can see the one on the top of the left one is probably Elephant, I cant see enough detail of one on the right to be sure but I think your probably correct. I couldnt be certan from those pix, so I passed no comment.

The end grain should show intersecting diagonaly curved lines under a lens if Elephant or mammoth.

And changing stripes of refraced light on the long gain if turned fore & aft in sunlight.

cheers,

Spiral

8th August 2007, 11:13 PM	#46
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	I made no comment about yours nice looking knives Jen, Just about ivory in general. I can see the one on the top of the left one is probably Elephant, I cant see enough detail of one on the right to be sure but I think your probably correct. I couldnt be certan from those pix, so I passed no comment. The end grain should show intersecting diagonaly curved lines under a lens if Elephant or mammoth. And changing stripes of refraced light on the long gain if turned fore & aft in sunlight. cheers, Spiral