Mammoth Tusk Restoration
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- Restoring a 20,000 year old Mammoth tusk
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Special thanks to:
Otter's Custom Fab: / otterscustomfab
Ace Metalworks: / ace_metalworks
Goby Walnut: gobywalnut.com/
Fancy box knife during suspicious powder scene: jerryrigknife.com
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Buying a Mammoth Tusk
01:55 First look
02:56 How to Dry a Mammoth Tusk
05:19 Convincing a Wife to Love Fossils
07:58 Tusk is Ready to Work On
08:45 Peta Might Not Like Me
09:20 Mammoth Tusk Giveaway
10:22 Sanding Ivory Process
11:32 Filling Cracks in Mammoth Ivory
13:00 Suspicious Package
14:52 Seeing the Tusk Color Come Through
15:57 Drilling a Giant Hole in the Tusk
18:30 Custom Steel Base
21:08 Scott Left Me
22:00 Polishing Ivory To a High Gloss
22:41 Sharpie on Ivory?
23:27 First Attempt a Mounting
24:05 Second Attempt at Mounting
25:21 Showing My Wife...
26:09 Actual Reveal - Jak na to + styl
Here is the link to the giveaway, best of luck everyone! www.blacktailstudio.com/mammoth-tusk-n3-tools-giveaway
peta is full of clowns anyways, no need to worry about them
Great videos and I do enjoy the content although I could not do any of that stuff, but seeing as how I'm a old man and we like to gripe all nice small screen it's hard for me to see what you are written, could you change the font color or either make it a little bigger, or leave it alone it's your video, may God bless you and keep the good videos coming 😝
why do you put epoxy before cleaning it.... and sanding it after , you destoyed all blue mineral, this is sad
Oh look Hunter has been here😂 right after he left the White House
i think this the first time I entered into a CZcamsrs giveaway, and i love your stuff
That ending was pure gold! Your wife slammed on the brakes and the car rocked back, the emotions conveyed by that wtf from the car is just amazing stuff
😂😂😂
to be fair, he did listen to the wife.
I came here to say the same thing! Classic haha
Time stamp? 😅
The acting is so cringe
That overcompensating comment, immediately followed by pulling out a 36" bar just got me. Delightful.
I busted out laughing at that part.😂
#4000 yr old
Absolutely got me chuckling 😂
Yeh , I actually
Laughed out loud
That was probably my favorite bit in the whole Video.
If my husband told me he spent over $7K on a Mammoth tusk and it turned out to actually be real and the end result looked as good as yours, I'd be the most excited and stoked woman ever!!! I am an amateur fossil collector though. Watching your process was so much fun and the end result turned out incredible! You showed respect for the animal and what is now a piece of beautiful art and history. I hope you and your family enjoy it for decades to come! What a rare find!!!❤
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if I had a husband, and he wanted to spend any money on anything, that is none of my business, as im pretty sure all the money he is spending is 200% his anyway. So not sure why is that the wife's business xD
@@BrimstoneMothmay i ask you how old you are like a teen?
Oh hell yeah. I'd be like "FOR ME?" And he'd be like "for my office" and I'd be like "FOR ME?" And we'd compromise on the center of the house.
No... I don't have a tusk in my house... but I have absolute respect for the care and diligence you exhibited in the is restoration. Thanks so much, Cam!
Yes I would 100%. This is the only channel that produces 30 minute long videos that I can watch the entirety of without ever feeling the need to skip ahead. Extraordinary skills you have. Well done.
Same here @blakeduncan2930. He has also mastered how to keep me watching through the ad/sponsor.
So true
Best tool ive ever seen in your shop: 13:13
And think about the tools he does not show us...
@@ericstorm8277 he's referring to the JerryRigEverything knife haha
@@TheXshot OOOOOOHHHHHH yes... I was talking about that. Totally. Thrust me.
😂😂
😂 just used it in my next video too.
its cool to see a basically local artist ive followed for a while be recognized by another creator i have also followed for a long while
That was a pretty mammoth task, but you ended up doing a great job! It's like a museum piece, a piece of history in your house.
A museum would not be drilling holes into a fossil or polishing it. They might make a fake version of it for display, of course, but any original will be unaltered.
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@@carlotta4th Museums drill holes into bones all the time.
@HoxtonKG yeah? They just go to town yeah. Tuesdays all the staff bring their drills and they just drill everything.
@@HoxtonKG but they most definitely do NOT polish their mammoth tusks. They keep them as intact as possible. Any shiny mammoth tusks you see in museums are either replicas or were obtained from private collectors after they had already been messed with.
Yes i would definitely put a tusk in my house, your wife was so kind to let you love it all on your own haha amazing video
bet if it was LV purse would say something else ! ...Women's !
Yes. I love the bit at the end with the "tusk" at the end of the driveway. Pure gold!
The real tusk looks amazing. As always, very well-done and thank you for taking us along through the process.
Yes! Beautiful.
Dude, shout out to Scott. I've been subscribed to you for nearly two years now, and he's been a fantastic addition to the channel. It's great seeing you interact with him and he's also clearly a smart dude. That air-hole trick in the epoxy container is one I've incorporated into my own life. Blacktail is going to the MOON! 10million subs by next year!
Your sense of humor keeps me coming back, I am not a woodworker at all but I love watching you work. Keep it up and keep being true to yourself!
I can't stop laughing ... Anderson's. Be careful buddy, she just might start pranking your dinners 😅 they say laughter is the best medicine, so thanks for your sense of humor. I had no idea it was even possible to buy a mammoth tusk! My son would be in heaven with this!
You slowly becoming one of the most unique channel on youtube. I never thought I'd be so entertain watching a mammoth tusk restoration.
@@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist Your going to hell
Entertained? Lucky we can even see one getting restored!
One of your most entertaining videos yet. Love that you let your personality through, did all that to prank your wife and featured her in it. Also the ending is gold 😂
On whether I would have a mammoth tusk or not? I wouldn't. Two reasons: I would just be too worried about it getting ruined, and something about the tip being broken up bothers me. (Don't get me wrong, sanding it to a point would bother me more).
If I could have an epoxy or resin tusk that had the end in tact, I would love it. The colors are gorgeous, and the history is amazing. It's quite a statement, and I wouldn't have to ruin one of these gorgeous marvels to achieve the look I want.
That being said, I would be thrilled if a friend showed me this. What a piece of history lovingly restored. You did an excellent job, and I love the end result here! But personal preference blah blah blah.
PS - Scott is so much fun. Hope he enjoyed his vacation.
You sense of humor is spot on! Feel no shame at all man! The full stop at the end is priceless!!!!
I am a classicist and I love fossils and artifacts of all kinds, and this is a gorgeous piece. I'm with you on not understanding how someone could be *not* excited about this.
I also happen to think you and your wife are clearly on the same wavelength when it comes to humor and that's always delightful. Also she supports you and you support her, so screw people who judge your relationship without knowing what they're talking about.
I honestly think this is my favourite channel. The humour and the amazing skill just makes it so enjoyable to watch. This was truly an incredible video!
100% my favorite channel!
You should give JesperMakes a try also. Fun storytelling, woodworking and mistakes made. Im looking forward to every Blacktail Studio video. Woke up just now (its morning in Denmark) and smiled when I saw I could enjoy my morning coffee with a restauration video. Thanks Cam 😊
I found him like a year ago and have been hooked ever since. His videos are simply unmatched.
YES from a new binge viewer. The “stepped on bone ash” bit was network-worthy, and second only to your wife’s reaction. What a lovely person to be married to!
one off the reasons i subscribed to you is because you do not hold back when showing love. you always show the people who help you out love, and i love that! you always tag people in the description, make it easy for others to connect with them. You are doing an awesome job! Keep it up!
I was grinning throughout the whole reveal, but I completely lost it when her car came to a halt! I also had a chuckle from a chainsaw bit. You and your whole crew have a great sense of humor!
The absolute confidence Joe had when you asked if it’d hold your weight is everything 👌 It’s the same reassuring feeling I got talking with my wife’s surgical team
Have you ever met a welder? 🤣
When I worked construction, there was a house where we were building a custom staircase and the homeowner asked if the posts would be durable enough to deal with his 4 boys flinging themselves around it. My boss grabbed the post and yanked it as hard as he could and it didn't budge. The homeowner's response was "that's a man who trusts his work."
@@chasm9557 Yea even small weilds done right are strong as all hell
Yes, absolutely to having one. I like your channel because i'm a fan of the materials (woods/metals) and how artisans bring them out. The idea of a natural, ancient fossil like that, even re-finished, would make my living room so interesting. I'd find myself staring at it thinking about how it belonged to a living creature so long ago
Yes many thank you for taking the time to share your experience much appreciated With love and respect Bill W.
I've collected museum quality marine shells and a few fossils for over 40 years, I completely understand your passion for this. I've eaten sea cucumber meat, it tastes like razor clams and rattlesnake, it tastes like chicken, go figure.
@@VeeSee74 Me. Interesting story about other guys life experiences. Next question please.
@@VeeSee74 I care. Get outta here VeeSee
@@VeeSee74me! Very interesting
That is awesome, but my hatred of land cucumbers might keep me from trying that.
@@VeeSee74 I'm getting🤏🍆vibes from you.😂
How could you not love this... just wrapping your mind around the history of what this tusk represents is the coolest thing ever and it even looks cool to boot. I don't know if it's my childhood obsession with dinosaurs but to have your very own fossil is tops in my book. Would make the perfect centerpiece to any man cave!
@SpartiuS94 she's toxic, hopefully he made her sign a prenupt before sticking a wedding band on that finger
I have a couple of artist friends who owned 2 mammoth or mastodon tusks. One was in pieces, but the other one was intact and not stabilized. The one in pieces they used to do scrimshaw. I got addicted to wanting just one more piece. I have a hand carved whale tail. Also a 2 inch piece of the tusk with a beautiful scrimshaw of a whale jumping straight up out of the ocean. Each artist apologized to me about the tiny cracks that showed. This was done over twenty years ago so I don’t know if anyone had come up with the technology to totally hide the cracks, but I love them, it shows its age. I wear each of the pieces as necklaces. It is quite the conversation starter after someone compliments them, I say that it’s about at least 10,000 years old. I usually get out the picture I have of me standing by the intact tusk which is way bigger than me. I’m in awe about how big and strong those animals were. They had two of those things sticking out of their skull. They fought with them and moved them anytime they moved their head. Just their neck muscles must have been huge and strong. And who ever thought up the idea to hunt them and talked a bunch of their friends into hunting them - wow. Those men lived hard. BTW I once ate rattlesnake, it was very good.
Since I have baleen in my livingroom and lived in Alaska 38 years I am 100% with you.
Yes, I would definitely display a restored tusk in my home. The amount of patience in this project is extraordinary. Well done, sir.
Yes! I didn’t know these were able to be purchased by an average person. I just thought there weren’t many around and they all went to museums. (so much for thinking) Speaking of museums, you really brought a museum quality finish to that. Excellent job!
Google "mammoth 1911 grips" and you'll see that mammoth ivory (tusks) and teeth are used in unusual applications.
It’s not museum quality because a lot of the important scientific context of the piece was removed. Museums tend to frown on that. This was a butcher job.
@@salcorbit6330 to be fair, the "scientific context" was lost when it was pulled out of the ground, would you be happier if it was ground down for fertilizer? Is there something wrong with somebody purchasing legal goods and dressing it up to show in their home? What is next, "OMG they made furniture from that tree, it should be in teh museum!"
You can actually buy mammoth tusks that are fully restored, too. They are usually far more expensive then this guy paid, although $7000 is still a lot. The price really depends on how big it is, what kind of mammoth it came from, where it was found, and the condition it was in. There are some beautiful restored tusks. I think this guy could've done a better job restoring this tusk, like by using resin to fill the cracks instead of whatever he used (it looked like some kind of wood filler) and then colouring those areas with sharpie. It still turned out pretty nice, though. The companies that restore them have some really amazing looking ones. They also mount them differently as well, without drilling into them (which I believe would've been a better option). I think drilling into it to mount it was a mistake. There are far better ways to mount tusks. There are areas where natives go find mammoth tusks and then sell them or make jewelry out of pieces of them (depending on whether they find entire things or just pieces). In some areas natives are the only ones allowed to remove mammoth tusks from the ground. There are known areas where mammoth tusks are found, and sometimes natives use "hunting" for them as a source of income.
I see you didnt actually watch the whole video. What are you even talking about?? He used boned dust to fill in the cracks.
Not the first video I've seen on your channel, but the second. Your attention to detail is inspiring to say the least. Watching you replace a plug in that tabletop because you knew that you could do it better...and DID - It's a lesson I've had to learn over and over again. So, watching you take this project slow and making sure you understand each step in the process before doing it and the attention you paid to every detail really paid off in the end. Love the sense of humor. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos.
Yes!!! I would definitely have a mammoth tusk in my house. I love all fossils, hence all the rocks in my house. Loved watching the progression of this. Thank you!
Yes! "so you did spend money on this!" LOL I love it. I get this comment all the time from my wife.
I rarely comment. I am not a woodworker, I'm a musician and painter; however, your work and discipline are impressive, and it has inspired me to pursue my woodworking skills. I admire your patience and dedication to the craft. Cheers mate, and thank you, please keep it up. Absolutely stellar.
Exactly - I just come here to absorb knowledge that I’ll most likely never use 😂
Wow, Love it. Like your humor, right up my alley for a Texas hill country boy. Most folks are a little thin skinned now a days - life must be tough for them.
I know the smell you talked about, I create things with bone, antlers & some ivory that I scrimshaw on.
Keep up the great work!!
I can appreciate your wife's descriptors my friend because your have some considerable cojones for even attempting a project of this magnitude. Congrats!
Yes, i loved how you kept the mock tusk from us until the end. It was terribly awesome
Yes, I was super skeptical about you doing a restoration on this tusk thinking it'd be filled completely with epoxy and it'd look waxy and fake. but I got to say I am thoroughly impressed. I like the simplistic mount and the fact that it actually looks restored not ruined. Bravo!
I was also very worried.
I realize that as youtuber it's his job to always portray his projects as if he's going in completely unprepared as that makes it more exciting for the audience. Still, I think he over does it sometimes and sounds like he's being disrespectful towards his clients (supposedly charging tens of thousands for a project he's never done before) or in this case, even worse, disrespectful towards an invaluable historical artifact.
Я не думал, что когда-нибудь увижу что-то подобное. Спасибо CZcams и тебе чувак за этот бивень!
Yes, I'd love one, so would my wife, and the only affordable way to get one is to do as you did. Been following you for a bit, Honestly you make me want to retire early so I can get onto bigger projects, 6 years to go... Love your work, and your honesty
Yes, I think regardless of aesthetics, the fact that it's an ancient piece of history makes it one of the coolest things I could imagine displaying in my home. I have a lot of geodes I've collected/cut and polished and I love having those sprinkled around my house.
Lol
“Ancient piece of history”.
@@jamesbizs what's wrong with that?
@@Deppie_____ probably thinks it is redundant
"ancient" and "history"
but really it isn't, anything that isn't ongoing is history
I would totally have a tusk in my house! On another topic, I bet a lot of people think your wife is just negative about your projects, but I bet her decisive critical mindset is part of the reason you love her. My long term girlfriend and I both have building hobbies, I build house projects, boats, etc.. and she sews, dresses, upholstery, etc. We both trust each others opinions because we both give brutally honest feedback. It keeps me on my toes and doesn't let me come close to half assing a project!
Yes! Very cool to step away from wood & do a different medium. Stay well Cam
I would be EXCITED if my Significant Other bought a mammoth tusk! Even at that price!
I absolutely LOVE fossils. Especially rare ones. They are fascinating!
as a custom knifemaker, i've used a lot of elephant ivory (all legal stuff) and i love the smell of fresh cut ivory. the best tip i ever got was don't get it hot working it. beautiful tusk you have and a great job finishing it.
I cant fathom why anyone wouldn't want a mammoth tusk of their own, it freaking awesome 👏
SAME
Just found your sites and have watched a couple of your jobs. It's impressive how your work actually combines the work of a craftsman with the work of an artist. (And I love your self-deprecating humor!) But this mammoth tusk has got me really involved with the process. When drilling the mounting hole, I actually thought, for the long-time integrity of the piece as a whole, I would not have chosen to drill a hole in the tusk at all but would have figured out a different way of mounting the tusk without jeopardizing the life of the tusk. You have to remember that the top of the tusk, after being mounted, makes a great place for the young kids to swing on. And when drilling the hole, using the fossilized bone "dust" would make for a great filler, especially for matching color-----may have wanted to drill that hole in the very beginning, to utilize that dust? I think this piece is one that an expert in the field of fossils would love. Thanks for posting!
No, I don't have a tusk. However, I absolutely lost it to the last shot of your wife halting in her tracks in the driveway.😂😂
Yes, I would have this mammoth tusk in my house. Cam you have raised the bar yet again. You are truly are an artist that is willing to work way outside of your comfort zone to try and learn new things. You and your camera man Scott are a great team and make these awesome videos. I love the back and forth banter and commentary. I look forward to your videos and hope to learn more about woodworking and the process of making such fine pieces. When I retire in a a couple of years, I plan on doing wood working full time and hope to be able to create nice pieces to pass to my children and grandchildren. Take care and keep pushing the artistic envelope.
Truly stunning I can’t believe she wasn’t excited to have a fossil from such an amazing animal that we will never ever see is truly unreal I would love to even touch it.
aren’t people trying to make one using millions year old dna from a woolley mammoth and an elephant ? i might be totally wrong or it might’ve been obviously fake but i’m not entirely sure
Actually, scientists are considering using DNA extracted from mammoth bones, teeth or tusks, and a donor ovum from an elephant, to see if they can clone a mammoth.
we will fucking see one bud
@tc2882 Im positive that they’ve moved well past considering it, and already is in the process of recreating/rebirthing one of these.
definitely a keeper, love the video and the process of discovering the different ways to not mess up this complex project. I just don't know where I could keep something like this though where it would get the most appropriate praise and appreciation. Good job on this though.
I would totally have it in my house, but only if it were mounted in a way that it was in the same orientation as it would be on the mammoth. I'm sure it wouldn't be perfectly accurate as there's a lot of decay on either end but when you and scott were starting to position it in the drill I got so much enjoyment out of just imagining how truly enormous that beast would have been.
I love fossils, rocks, arrowheads, any old thing I can find, and would absolutely make a place inside my home for SOMETHING like this!
I would **love** to have something like this in my house. I'm a big fan of what people call "Vulture Culture." I love bones and fossils, and a massive mammoth tusk would be right up my alley. Amazing work, as always!
Absolutely! I actually am a Florida fossil diver who has found & mounted multiple tusks & multitudes of other fossils I’ve found during my 40 + years of diving. I admire your commitment to doing everything you could to enhance the natural beauty that is still there after so many eons. Great job my brother! I enjoyed your video immensely! 👏🏼🤩❤️
Interesting to see someone who is somewhat into geology use the word eon figuratively. An eon is about billion years, the Great Pyramid of Giza had existed for 1,000 years by the time the last woolly mammoth died.
Eon has a number of meanings. In Astronomy, an eon refers to 1 billion (109) years. But it also refers to a very long, unspecified period of time, or specific geologic stages of the Earth. The term eon (or aeon) is frequently used as a term for a very long but un-specified time period, much the same way "forever" and "ages" are used.
In Earth history, stages of the earth's development are divided into four major eons (Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic), which are in turn divided into eras and periods. These geologic eons are distinguished by major stages in Earth's geologic history, rather than fixed periods of time.@@kasparsarapuu2797
Yes I would have an mammoth tusk in house. As long as it was picked up off the Earth as a tusk. And not taken from a skull. We appreciate all the good projects you bring .
I have polished mammoth tusk a few times for jewelry and it is so beautiful. Amazing work!
Yes.
She’s a great wife and that, “not die on this hill” statement is something I use with my wife. Another useful line is, “I’m not stepping on that landmine”. Great work and I love that you always bring something new to the table.
I love how she stops the car when she sees that you put it out front. Priceless.
I have a large pendant that I had custom made from Alaskan mastodon tusk!! Love the stuff. Answer is….hell yes!!!
YES!!!! This video was worth all 27 minutes and 44 seconds. Inspiring!
Honestly with your attention to detail and love of your work, I'm not surprised you nailed yet another project
Joe was so confident in the welds; he didn't even bother to look at you when you were weight/strength testing the metal work lol.
The metal will break before the weld
Bravo to you! If I had seen it first, I would’ve bought it!
You did a beautiful job, preserving and restoring. If the Mrs. doesn’t want it in your house, I would gladly put it in mine. I have kind of an Addams family mindset anyway.
I would have to have it in my radio shack, because I agreed early on that there would be no fins, fur, or antlers inside the house, on the wall or otherwise. I love the end result, and I thank you for sharing the project. I just recently found your channel and I love it. I love working with my hands and any medium, such a sense of satisfaction.
I’m a woodworker, discovered I love it a few years ago and dove head first into it. I’ve always loved dinosaurs and history like this. I would LOVE to have a piece of history like this in my house, it’s AMAZING and definitely a statement piece!!
Keep the variety coming! The fact that you’re exploring different materials and executing them beautifully is pretty extraordinary.
Thanks for sharing your unique mammoth tusk project. I love the prank you played on your wife. I appreciate your attention to detail and sense of humour. My 5 year old daughter and I enjoy watching all your videos and we both are fascinated with each project you take on. Thanks again for sharing your passion online. We are very fortunate to have discovered you online and admire your conscientious efforts. Looking forward to the next project. Much appreciation…Michael and Avalynn ❤
We have four in our store as part of our collection.
Hey Cam!
Would definitely have a mammoth tusk in my house, even if I would have to buy a way bigger house than what we have now!
I love your attention to detail, your humour, and the editing.
That project took something like 18 months, and you made it fit into 28 minutes. Time flies watching your work!
A lot of work to restore that mammoth tusk, but the result is commensurate with the work done... and the incredible patience.
Also, Elana's presence is so wonderful, she should appear more often in your videos.
All the best from Romania and keep it up.
I'm shocked that your wife wasn't into it! thing is cool as hell. I love how well it polished up.
I showed this to my niece who is taking Anthropology and she fell in love. I laughed when she asked my to do one for her. Thanks for the video's you put out.
Between you and your wife your home must be filled with lots of laughter😊 In my little house there would be no room for the tusk but in the right setting...yes. I must say the tusk is amazing! Very interesting video.
That hand chamfer is unreal, what a talent
Yes. I love how much you're enjoying this. What an incredible project. I'm a major animal lover and would be horrified if this was from an elephant or rhino, but since these guys are extinct, no-one died for you to have this. And it's a great piece to have. I love that you're giving it so much love. And ... your cat is beautiful.
But the mammoth died...for him to have it..🤔 tell me how your logic makes sense?
@@tianamarie989 The mammoth did not die "for him to have it", explain your logic please
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yes, i would have a tusk. your running commentary is worth the price of admission. brilliant. your digs at the commenters, hilarious. you have millions of views, and i definitely see why (i saw the three youtube plaques) oh, and your work is truly beautiful.
This was a really neat restoration. The tusk is beautiful. And such a neat piece of prehistoric history.
Yes - Cam, your channel is absolutely AMAZING! You’re a down to earth kind of person and you are highly skilled! Don’t mind anyone that tells you you’re not something because of their misguided opinions!
Yes! That base you used is great. It’s minimal and puts more focus on the tusk. I was initially put off with the sharpie, but it turned out great. Great work! Super interesting!
Hell Yeah! had me smiling, then laughing, then wiping the tears…and your comedic sidekick, er cameraman is worth his weight in gold
your wife is very diplomatic
Love the video, love the tusk, love the concept!
Only thing I don't like is that you smoothed off the chipped bits on the end, I personally loved that jagged, natural look on them 😢
But that is the ONE AND ONLY THING I didn't agree on in this build so the good not just outweighs, but absolutely crushes the bad ;)
I love it! I'm also into mammoth tusks, still trying to find a good one that I like and can afford. It looks amazing. Some people just don't understand this stuff, but your restoring a piece of our world history and in restoring it, you are preserving our world history! Thanks for doing that. Love your videos your the best you've taught me a LOT.
This was a great change up from the usual videos. And loved that you did it out of love not just to give viewers something interesting to look at. Could really see the joy and passion come through. I hope it smells better now!
YES! I would have a fossil tusk in my house. Amazing process of waiting while the tusk lost moisture. I always learn something new with your videos. Thank you for explaining each step so well. Susie
I think everyone should have a piece of restored nature in their home. Whether it be wood, turtle shell or 20,000 year old ivory. You did a good job with it. Have a yabba-dabba-do day.
YES! I would love to have a restored mammoth tusk in my home! Don’t feel an ounce bad about owning that! No one killed anything for it, it was found in the ground and you actually restored a piece of history and preserved it! I say good job as always, the only way it could have been better is if you had the matched set. Always a pleasure watching your content.
I think alot of people just underestimate how many mammoth Tusks have been found.
They think they are extremely rare and that something like this "wastes" fossiles that could be used for Research or put in museums.
Once they realise that Russia alone exports mammoth Tusks measured in tonnes every single year, people stop becoming mad about it
Yes, yes, a thousand times YES! It could only be better if you had a story like " I scraped it out of the permafrost myself with a plastic spoon and a rusty putty knife". Loved the color and the finish! Thank you for sharing everything you do, thank you for including Scott. And I love your sense of humor!
Not just yes, but HELL YES! I would have a tusk in my house! That is so sick! Great job!
yes for me as long as blacktail restored it.honestly im glad to see some one restore something like this that can never really be replaced......priceless
I love it. It's not as though you went out an killed an elephant to make this piece. It was in the ground for thousands of years and I think you do the animal a great service by continuing it's legacy for years to come! Great work!
It’s not a great service. Stuff is just stuff. The world doesn’t need more knickknacks. What was truly important about the piece and worth preserving was the exact location it was found and a lot of the material that was removed in this “restoration” process. We are losing our heritage when butcher jobs like these occur.
please go to the websight and see how much of these knick knacks this guy pulls out of the ground...ON HIS OWNED PROPERTY...every day...dime a dozen@@salcorbit6330
Our Heritage? You’re an elephant?
there's other dangers involved the number one killer of mammoths was anthrax so messing with their remains can spread and reactivate spores
@@indeed8211 yeah but it's not like anthrax is extinct
Honestly, that tusk is amazing! Well done! Also, I know all too well what it's like to have someone that doesn't support you so I completely know how lucky I am to have a wife that supports me, even when she isn't thrilled about my choices. You're a lucky man!
Cam, late to the lunch here but I feel given your financial contributions with CZcams revenue PLUS sales revenue... not a word should be said by anyone unless it's "well done Cam, yet another amazing piece." Keep up the work brother. I personally love your constant narrative, it gives such amazing insight into your own thought process and the mechanics behind the reasoning. Love it. You're an inspiration to those of us still wanting to delve into the world of woodworking someday!! Imma huge fan and subbed long ago. Big fan!
You know, you are one of very few people who politely solicits new subscribers. I think just like the details say a lot about your work, this detail says you’re a pretty decent person. Thanks for great videos!(new subscriber)
I can’t believe someone wouldn’t be excited about having a mammoth tusk?! 😟 especially after your finishing work it looks stunning✨
I think if it hadn't cost $7500 she'd be much more excited about it
Well, my thing is... Ughm.. "smaller"...
On one of my vacations I arrived at the sea beach right after a storm and there were plenty of ambers all around. When I came back home, sanded and polished them all I have noticed one of them had a beautiful 1cm spider inside (about 0.4 inches for you who don't get anything beyond freedom units) - About 40 million years old spider.
@@shapelessedWhere is it? Make a video showing, i wanna see it.
Yeah that would NOT be a wife of my choosing.
Yep, welcome to another episode of My shallow emotionally abusive "I'd rather get my nails done than look at fossils" Regina George of a wife makes me feel inadequate and tells me that all my hard work is irrelevant to her, that my attempts at art are a joke, and that she has no respect me as a man.
Once again you have hit a grand slam!! This is a masterful piece of restoration that pays homage to the beautiful beast that it represents. Good work once again, keep them coming as this old, old man enjoys them (and your humor) so very much.
You are right ❤ ! I am a custom knife maker and use many mammoth ivory in my handmade knives,it polishes quite easy and with a nice shine,not necessary to put varnish on it.
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appreciate all the high quality and the HIGH QUALITY craftsman excellent all round
The Scott and Cam bromance has been developing so elegantly. Didn't know I needed this but am all for it. Great addition to the channel.
Yes ! Enjoyable as usual - the ending with your wife seeing the fake is perfect. I appreciate your efforts to ensure that magnificent object was afforded every opportunity to survive and thrive, the mounting was an excellent choice. It escapes me how anyone could fail to be awed by something that lived 20,000 years ago, I'm sure you'll derive much pleasure from its presence. Well done.
Yes, would have that any day! And that ending... I loved that in my mind's eye I totally saw my wife hit the brakes and chuck that wooden mammoth toothpick over 😂😂😂. Priceless.