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How do you clean elk ivories? #4510716 10/17/10
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OP bucktail Campfire Tracker B Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,424 MN	title says it all... If you love someone set them free If they come back no one else liked them Set them free again

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Re: How do you clean elk ivories? bucktail #4510750 10/17/10
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splattermatic Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 8,517 n.w. new mexico	i boil em, and scrape what's left off with a knife.

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? splattermatic #4510788 10/17/10
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,916 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,916 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	Just scape 'em with a piece of broken glass or a pocket knife blade held perpendicular to the root. No need to get above the gum line, as that is where the cool colors are.......I'd never boil.

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? huntsman22 #4510792 10/17/10
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ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Doesnt that scraping really pizz them off..? Ingwe "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? ingwe #4510913 10/17/10
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Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,119 Banana Belt, Montana	Gentle flossing makes for happy elk. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

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Re: How do you clean elk ivories? ingwe #4510936 10/17/10
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,916 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,916 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	Originally Posted by ingwe Doesnt that scraping really pizz them off..? Ingwe No, silly. The extraction process does THAT. Most alks don't tend to care much, one way or the other, how you clean 'em once they're out. I do hear they don't like the taste of boiling, tho......

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? huntsman22 #4510970 10/17/10
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gotlost Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,121 wyo. I think,	dang I've been shooting them 1st all thease years! Last edited by gotlost; 10/17/10. If you cann't stand my spelling use the ingore feature.

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? bucktail #4510986 10/17/10
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KC Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 6,969 Colorado Springs, Colorado USA	bucktail: I use an Exacto knife to clean them. I let them dry but I don't boil them. Here are a few examples of what you can do with them. KC Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? KC #4511234 10/17/10
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DeerTracker Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,235 Ronan, MT	I always just used a pocket knife to cut all the extra meat off of them. My wood shop teacher in highschool told me to put them in a ziplock back with cornmeal in it and it will polish them up and bring out the color more but i never really noticed much of a difference. I wear one of the ivories from my biggest bull(6x6) around my neck every day. Proverbs 12:27 The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? DeerTracker #4511489 10/18/10
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huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,916 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	Yeah, me too...

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Re: How do you clean elk ivories? huntsman22 #4511574 10/18/10
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northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota	Don't boil em. Just scrape em like these guys said. And I don't pull em with a plyers either. That'll mark em up bad. Use a stout knife & poke it down all the way around the root like you were digging up a tree & pop em out that way. Something clever here.

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? northern_dave #4511809 10/18/10
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Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,119 Banana Belt, Montana	I was shown a very easy and quick method of getting the ivories out by a guy here in Montana a couple of years ago. You just hold one end of a short piece of 2x4 against the tooth, then whack the other end of the 2x4 with a hammer. Lifts them right out without any markings. A little slicing is necessary for the final freeing, but it's a LOT easier than digging around the roots with a knife point. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? Mule Deer #4512435 10/18/10
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rcscott Campfire Greenhorn R Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 30 colorado	I just scrape them clean with a knife and carry them around in my pocket with some change for a week or two. This really makes them shine.

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? rcscott #4512461 10/18/10
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northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota	Originally Posted by rcscott I just scrape them clean with a knife and carry them around in my pocket with some change for a week or two. This really makes them shine. Hope and change? Or just change? Something clever here.

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? Mule Deer #4512728 10/18/10
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,354 MattMan Campfire Regular
MattMan Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,354	Originally Posted by Mule Deer I was shown a very easy and quick method of getting the ivories out by a guy here in Montana a couple of years ago. You just hold one end of a short piece of 2x4 against the tooth, then whack the other end of the 2x4 with a hammer. Lifts them right out without any markings. A little slicing is necessary for the final freeing, but it's a LOT easier than digging around the roots with a knife point. Learned that same trick last year. Whack 'em too hard and you have to go fishing around the tonsils to find them. LOL. Very little cleaning needed with that method, basically a little scraping and they're good to go. Last edited by MattMan; 10/18/10. "Your range of experience runs that gamut from A to B, plus you're a nitwit. That's a hard combination to overcome, though some people try." - JB

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? MattMan #4512865 10/18/10
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Alamosa Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado	Just carry them in your pocket a while. They will polish up pretty nicely.

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? Alamosa #4513223 10/18/10
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tedthorn Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,832 South East Missouri	The last pair I got (cow) I cleaned up with my knife as good as I could then I soaked them in Peroxide for a couple days. Maker of the Frankenstud Sling Keeper

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? tedthorn #4513474 10/18/10
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huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,916 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	Bet THAT took the good color off.....

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? huntsman22 #4513537 10/18/10
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,832 South East Missouri tedthorn Campfire Outfitter
tedthorn Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,832 South East Missouri	Nope. Didn't change the color a bit. Maker of the Frankenstud Sling Keeper

Re: How do you clean elk ivories? tedthorn #4513746 10/18/10
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Tejano Campfire Tracker T Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 7,263 Out Yonder	Read somewhere to put them in a Tobacco pouch with fresh Coffee grounds then carry them in your pocket for awhile. Works well polishes them and gives a little bit of color. This is after they are cleaned of any tissue. "When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli

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