Molar hilt, sumatran keris for comments

lemmythesmith · 9th August 2009, 06:27 PM

Here's a section through a mammoth molar, unfortunately it's a North Sea fossil so it's no good for hilts-parts of the tooth go kinda chalky (and it falls to pieces)

Marcokeris · 9th August 2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by lemmythesmith

Here's a section through a mammoth molar, unfortunately it's a North Sea fossil so it's no good for hilts-parts of the tooth go kinda chalky (and it falls to pieces)

Hallo Lemmythesmith
The colour of this Yogya hit is the same.

Marcokeris · 9th August 2009, 09:14 PM

The colour of these are different (mammuth?, elephant?, diiferent age?, different food?)

VANDOO · 9th August 2009, 11:49 PM

IF YOU SEARCH IN THE ARCHIVES THERE IS SOME INFORMATION THAT COULD BE LINKED HERE. DON'T KNOW HOW TO LINK IT UNFORTUNATELY.

POSTED 8-27-2003, BY VANDOO, FOSSIL ELEPHANT TEETH

THE PATTERN YOU GET FROM THESE CAN BE CONTROLLED BY THE DIRECTION THE TOOTH IS CUT INTO AND OFTEN A FOUR SIDED PIECE WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT PATTERN ON EACH SIDE AND TWO MORE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM. THE MATERIAL FROM JAVA SEEMS TO BE A GOOD STURDY MATERIAL UNLIKE WHAT IS FOUND IN MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD.
PERSONALLY I LIKE THE MATERIAL BUT HATE TO THINK OF CUTTING UP A COMPLETE SPECIMIN TO MAKE ANYTHING OUT OF IT.

9th August 2009, 06:27 PM	#1
lemmythesmith Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 93	Here's a section through a mammoth molar, unfortunately it's a North Sea fossil so it's no good for hilts-parts of the tooth go kinda chalky (and it falls to pieces) Attached Images

9th August 2009, 09:14 PM	#3
Marcokeris Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Italy Posts: 928	The colour of these are different (mammuth?, elephant?, diiferent age?, different food?) Attached Images

9th August 2009, 11:49 PM	#4
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	IF YOU SEARCH IN THE ARCHIVES THERE IS SOME INFORMATION THAT COULD BE LINKED HERE. DON'T KNOW HOW TO LINK IT UNFORTUNATELY. POSTED 8-27-2003, BY VANDOO, FOSSIL ELEPHANT TEETH THE PATTERN YOU GET FROM THESE CAN BE CONTROLLED BY THE DIRECTION THE TOOTH IS CUT INTO AND OFTEN A FOUR SIDED PIECE WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT PATTERN ON EACH SIDE AND TWO MORE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM. THE MATERIAL FROM JAVA SEEMS TO BE A GOOD STURDY MATERIAL UNLIKE WHAT IS FOUND IN MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD. PERSONALLY I LIKE THE MATERIAL BUT HATE TO THINK OF CUTTING UP A COMPLETE SPECIMIN TO MAKE ANYTHING OUT OF IT.