Tusk identification please

[Covert]

Think it’s a warthog tusk, found it while clearing out some stuff,?,had forgotten about it, at least 50 years old.
Empty 308 case for scale

 

[foxpro]

Yes warthog

 

[Covert]

Thank you for that.
Was given to me by an uncle as a child, had silver mounts at both ends (unfortunately one is now missing).
Would this be considered a decent trophy?
How big do they go?

 

[sh1kar]

Last page
Measure outside curve

https://rowlandward.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01-African-Minimums-and-World-Records.pdf

 

[Covert]

FYI
10 inches.
Thank you

 

[NOTSHARP]

A Pal had one similar, and asked me to make a stick for him, using the tusk as a head.

It was a bugger to work. Hard as a hard thing.







I called it "The Pigs Ear", but my Pal liked it.



Steve.

 

[Covert]

Good looking stick.
Great minds think alike, have good length of holy laid up in the shed rafters which would suit it.
At the moment its sat on a bookcase in my “orifice “ ( what the lady of the house calls the office) , would be good to give it a useful purpose.

 

[willie_gunn]

A Pal had one similar, and asked me to make a stick for him, using the tusk as a head.

It was a bugger to work. Hard as a hard thing.







I called it "The Pigs Ear", but my Pal liked it.



Steve.

That's very nice indeed.

A friend of mine gave me a box of tusks collected when he was growing up in Africa. I did the same with one of the warthog tusks and made him a stick. As you say, it was a right pain to work on.

I left it in its "raw" state, rather than trying to replicate the lovely work you have done there to smooth it down and polish it. That really does look the business!

 

[John Gryphon]

and asked me to make a stick for him, using the tusk as a head.

the grim reaper be jealous!

 

[NOTSHARP]

That's very nice indeed.

A friend of mine gave me a box of tusks collected when he was growing up in Africa. I did the same with one of the warthog tusks and made him a stick. As you say, it was a right pain to work on.

I left it in its "raw" state, rather than trying to replicate the lovely work you have done there to smooth it down and polish it. That really does look the business!

Aye, Willie, a real pain to work. I wanted to have a contrast, so opted to polish the top side, and leave the underside natural. I had to use a disc grinder to make an initial impression on it, then, hours, and hours of filing and working though the grits, to get to a stage where I could polish it. To this day, I am sure that my Pal has no comprehension as to how many hours of work were involved.

I took a chance, and used some Elder for the shank. Originally about 2.5" dia. so, a lot of wood to remove, but it worked out fine.



It has stood the test of time. My Pal has used it for several years.





Steve.