I tired the tumbler I use for brass.. did not work with corn cob media.

 

don't or you will polish off the color and end up with a cpl white lumps

 

Just clean all the gum tissue off them and stick the ivories in your pocket with some change. In a week or so they'll be nice and shiny.

sp

 

I've always done the same thing as sliverpicker. Doesn't get any easier than that.

 

Put them in your can of Copenhagen for a week or so then put it in your pocket for another week. Gives the ivory a nice stained look.

-blake

 

img]http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/1106elk_pin.JPG[/img]my sister in law is a jeweler and made this for me.
well thought i knew how to post a pic. go to my gallery and u can see it

 

just need to read the directions again!!!

 

Thanks I'll give that a try.A friend of mine said the same thing.But he said it wore some grooves in his.Maybe I'll use lighter change.I was thinking about putting a buffing wheel on my rotary tool(Dremel type)and trying that.

 

If you wear jeans with the watch pocket, put them in there. Just don't forget to take them out before you wash them. Make sure to get all of the gum tissue off. It makes a mighty bad smell if you don't

 

I just carry them in my pocket if there is change in it or not. Usually not because I never get any money!!!! After a week or two they look real good. Ditto on getting off all the meat. I use a small sharp knife and scrape real well and use the tip for the grooves.

 

my first elk hunt will be this year if i get one do i keep all the teeth, just one? what do you guys do?

 

Elk have two ivory teeth in the upper jaw, cows and bulls, although the bulls are bigger

 

you'll be able to see the diference pretty easily.They are rounded off pretty good.Instead of having sharp edges.I havent paid a lot of attention,but it seams like They are right in front of the molars.Then a gap,and then the incisors?(front teeth)Hope thats right.You'll know them when you see them though.

When you pull them put a rag or fold up a paper towel a few times then put that over the teeth to protect them so you dont scar them up with the pliers.Work them around a bit.They pull fairly easy.

 

you'll be able to see the diference pretty easily.They are rounded off pretty good.Instead of having sharp edges.I havent paid a lot of attention,but it seams like They are right in front of the molars.Then a gap,and then the incisors?(front teeth)Hope thats right.You'll know them when you see them though.

That sounds right to me...I believe they are considered to be the number 1 premolar.

Jon

 

so you dont scar them up with the pliers

Just thought Id tell you all how i get them out. (without pliers or digging them out with a knife)

Take a wooden dowell, or a piece of lumber about the size of a hammer handle, (only wood though)
posistion the dowell so one end is up against the inside side of the ivory. Then, like you are chisiling on something, one sharp blow with a hammer to the other end of the dowel and the ivory can be easily removed without pliers. the ivorys wont break or nothing, at least they havnt on all the elk i have doe this on.

 

Yep, that basically how we do it too! I usually make a few cuts along side of the whistle tooth and then take the axe handle and give it a pop. They come right out!