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Looking for ideas on what to do with some elk ivories I have collected over the years. I have 16 from 8 elk. Any ideas from the elk brain trust here on what you've done with yours, etc? Thanks, Gents.
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I gave all of mine, a couple of dozen or so, to my sister, who used to make Cowboy Action Shooting clothing. She used them for buttons- look very cool.
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Mine are in a jar. I wish I could do something with em, but jewelry is about the only option and I'm not paying the prices jewelers are asking.
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Cuff links and tie tacks as a matching set look great with Elk Ivories.
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I drill a hole through near the base then sew them onto the ends of my slings for strap stops. Cut the end fold open, place the ivory, and stitch shut - looks best if you can blind stitch. If it weren't such a pain to post and image.
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Cuff links and tie tacks as a matching set look great with Elk Ivories. I can't remember the last time I wore a shirt with cuff links, and I am not at all sure when I last wore a tie, much less one with a tie tac.
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Looking for ideas on what to do with some elk ivories I have collected over the years. I have 16 from 8 elk. Any ideas from the elk brain trust here on what you've done with yours, etc? Thanks, Gents. I'm right there with you. A time or two I have seen ivories in nicely done western belt buckles, but many more times I have seen belt buckles with ivories that I do not care for.
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My wife is not into big gaudy jewelry. I had a jewler cut the tips out of a pair of ivories,about like cutting a pea in half,and set them in silver studs for ear rings. Also had two small tear drop shapes cut out and inlaid in a silver toggle bracelet. That turned out really cool. I also did a small round flat pendant with an ivory that was cut. Jewlers can do awesome stuff,and it really looks classy if you keep it small. Elk ivories are like turquoise. Less is more.
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Had a pair of earnings made of my wife, with an old bull's. Beautiful carmel color and worn down to the gum line.
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Wished I could afford To have a few done like this (along with a few other trophies) to go on my Jäger hunting pouch! http://rstrange.info/talisman/german-hunting-amulets-charivari/
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Looking for ideas on what to do with some elk ivories I have collected over the years. I have 16 from 8 elk. Any ideas from the elk brain trust here on what you've done with yours, etc? Thanks, Gents. I'm not a part of the elk brain trust, having never hunted wapiti, but here's an idea: ZIPPER PULLS. You don't need to use rawhide. You can use paracord with the inside strands pulled out. There are various ways to attach the cord. Steve.
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I stopped pulling them out a while ago. I don't wear jewelry and my wife and daughter are more into diamonds and pearls than elk teeth.
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I keep mine in three or four 5-gallon buckets out in the barn. More of a nuisance, really.
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I keep mine in three or four 5-gallon buckets out in the barn. More of a nuisance, really.
How many buglers them oregon elk have? Are you by chance pulling all their teeth?
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I keep mine in three or four 5-gallon buckets out in the barn. More of a nuisance, really.
How many buglers them oregon elk have? Are you by chance pulling all their teeth? Just buglers. P
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I killed my first elk when I was 10-12 years old, I don't recall exactly. My grandfather drilled a hole in the teeth, put them, on a short piece of ceiling fan pull cord for me. They have stayed in my hunting bag for nearly 20 years as "good luck" and have been with be on probably 30-40 big game harvests, if not more in that time frame.
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I take one of last years ivories and drill a hole in the root end and then slip a small leather string through it. I wear it around my neck as a talisman for next years hunt. Seems to work most years. I might just be superstitious though... I also like to eat a meal the evening before the hunt with last years elk in it.
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I keep mine in three or four 5-gallon buckets out in the barn. More of a nuisance, really.
P 15 gallons of ivories?
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I keep mine in three or four 5-gallon buckets out in the barn. More of a nuisance, really.
P 15 gallons of ivories? I'm sure he means the small 5 gallon buckets, not the large 5 gallon buckets
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