Where should I move?

[cannabineer]

I lived in Sisters in 1979-1981, that's where I met my wife

I had a job cutting and polishing mastodon ivory for $10/hr under the table

Was the ivory local?

 

[Sir Napsalot]

Was the ivory local?

It came from Alaska- my boss had worked on the Alaska pipeline and had connections for Alaskan ivory

we had midnight blue mastodon ivory- it was spectacular

 

[cannabineer]

It came from Alaska- my boss had worked on the Alaska pipeline and had connections for Alaskan ivory

we had midnight blue mastodon ivory- it was spectacular

Awww man I’d love stocks for my 1911 in mastodon ivory, though I’d choose not blue.

 

[Sir Napsalot]

Awww man I’d love stocks for my 1911 in mastodon ivory, though I’d choose not blue.

I'd grind down the outside layer (what I call the bark) into the white core ivory leaving a little of the blue bark in the cracks, then polish it until it didn't look real

 

[cannabineer]

I'd grind down the outside layer (what I call the bark) into the white core ivory leaving a little of the blue bark in the cracks, then polish it until it didn't look real

I bet it didn’t. I’ve seen some amazing effects in natural materials. I doubt if I could do it; I don’t have the eye.

 

[cannabineer]

@neosapien come to Blank Map, we have jackalope ivory. As we speak, I am perfecting the Hasendowser. Easy money any day now.

 

[manfredo]

Tequila.....that's how it always starts

FIFY

 

[cannabineer]

à propos nothing really

 

[neosapien]

@neosapien come to Blank Map, we have jackalope ivory. As we speak, I am perfecting the Hasendowser. Easy money any day now.

Well shit that settles it. I'm coming just for the dead elephant teeth!

 

[cannabineer]

Well shit that settles it. I'm coming just for the dead elephant teeth!

The classification of the Jackalope among elephantines is a bit fraught. Bring very ripe tomatoes to the public debates. It improves or at least flavors them.

 

[Sir Napsalot]

I bet it didn’t. I’ve seen some amazing effects in natural materials. I doubt if I could do it; I don’t have the eye.

My process doesn't require great eyesight

I take a piece to the polishing wheel after it's been pre-polished with worn 600 grit

My polishing wheel is an 8" muslin buff with two rows of stitching taken out to soften the face, which lessens the chance of burning it

I run it at 3500rpm

my polishing compound is a secret