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Yotehntr Member
Joined: Nov 30, 2010 Posts: 30 Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 11:23 pm Post subject: Hippo Ivory! |
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I just had to show ya'll this... I've never made a completely Ivory call before... now this is a work in process but I did want to show it here... ... Recently I've had 2 of my friends ask me to make them solid Ivory calls... It's a work in progress at this point but thought I'd show ya'll a little of the process it's going through. This is just the barrel... in the 1st pic it's the tip of the Hippo tooth... (started out about 12" long. ) I've used it for several calls with the bead in Hippo Ivory. At this point it has no finish... just sanded down very fine, and polished... The accent rings are basically scrimmed in, a light indention, and penned in with India ink.
The tip of the Hippo tooth, cut to size:
Bead cut in and hollowed out:
Getting close...
closer....
Ivory cut thin has a translucence like no other natural material... I really think it's sharp. At this point there is no finish... I'm letting the ink dry.
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Elvis Super Member
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 11:35 pm Post subject: Re: Hippo Ivory! |
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very nice. look forward to seeing the completed call.
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Vince Site Admin
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Yotehntr Member
Joined: Nov 30, 2010 Posts: 30 Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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Suzanne Super Member
Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Posts: 3323 Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:29 am Post subject: Re: Hippo Ivory! |
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Ok, now I can chime in, I didn't respond to your giveaway. Coyotes have a special meaning to me and I wouldn't personally want to kill one. I do love your work and I'm a bit of a novice wood worker/turner. Would love to know how you find such exotic turning materials, and what you use to hold it in your lathe. It looks very delicate and (for me at least) easy to screw up the surface and ruin. Looking at the above photos, it just looks like you've chucked it up on metal alone, I'd think you're holding them with leather or rubber?
Anyway, they're wonderfully colorful. I don't notice any variation in the turning, do you use a pattern to go by? Oh yeah one more.........how can you stand the smell? Isn't it stinky cutting into that stuff?
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Yotehntr Member
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fnuser Super Member
Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 914 Location: S.W. Missouri, U.S.A.
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: Hippo Ivory! |
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Simply Gorgeous
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Yotehntr Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Hippo Ivory! |
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okiephil Rookie Member
Joined: Oct 25, 2010 Posts: 18 Location: Norman, Oklahoma
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:47 am Post subject: Re: Hippo Ivory! |
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Great looking call
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Vince Site Admin
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44marty Super Member
Joined: Mar 20, 2009 Posts: 775 Location: Cheshire, MA; USA
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:06 pm Post subject: Re: Hippo Ivory! |
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Quite a work of art, Brad. Congratulations for your fine work.
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fnuser Super Member
Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 914 Location: S.W. Missouri, U.S.A.
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: Hippo Ivory! |
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I don't even call 'yotes and you are making me want one to display as art
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leanporker Rookie Member
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: Hippo Ivory! |
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Absolutely awesome. May I dare ask the price you get for one of these?
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Yotehntr Member
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wiersy111 Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: Hippo Ivory! |
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Wow absolutely gorgeous!
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