knife materials  from Miles of Alaska Miles Martin Nenana Alaska mammoth and walrus ivory horn antler bone scales blank blades
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Miles of Alaska

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Miles at Miles of Alaska
box 363
Nenana Alaska
99760
1-907-832-5442 miles@milesofalaska.net

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This links to my main raw materials page. You might see materials here I didn't  put on the knife page
This links to finished knives and blank blades I make for sale. I can create a custom knife and use any of the materials seen on this materials page.
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Miles at Miles of Alaska
box 363
Nenana Alaska
99760
1-907-832-5442 miles@milesofalaska.net

Materials info-- what it is how to take care of it how it is used where it comes from  all  that
Right whale baleen $25
Right Reindeer leg bone dried $15
We have a reindeer farm her in my village. Sometimes they died naturally and I acquire the bodies. Legs dried and could be used as interesting knife handle or coat rack hook or other projects
Left Moose antler button $15
Moose antler buttons are hard sold take a polish. Usually used for belt buckles. Can be used for knife spacers end caps guards etc. Can but used on a lathe or carved You might not get this exact one but this size Add in a note if you like what you need it for so I can pick one that more likely works for your project. Price includes free shipping in the US
Might work for knife scales and for sure inlays. 10 inches x 2 by less then an eight more then a 16th. Can be laminated with wood to get thickness has the hairs can  be display  or scrimmed etc. Restricted out of the US.
Unsorted, sold, or material to inquire about suited for knife handles
How my material gets used, some ideas
My main raw materials page
How to order shipping best times to contact me etc
finshed knives custome blade blanks
Information on raw materials
This page has  items in a shopping cart to click and order. See separate material page to  see more. I have  more material then I can  list but it may cost more  if I have to go look for it for you
shop cart compared to an inquiry
My book has stories of finding materials, my first knives in my wilderness life
Updated mid July 2010
Newest items at the bottom of the page Because of how the web page uploads
Above steps in the steel of the knife. An old crosscut saw is a favorite
Above etching in blades is done with acid. The black is the 'resist' wax where the acid wilt not touch the steel , scratching through exposes the steel so acid can cut it.
Right I cast my own brass guards from my own designs. (and sell just the guards too) Cast from scrap metals, here is brass from our  local barge yard, an old propeller and ship bearing. Copper is old water pipes when they were solid copper. (new pipes have addatives making to much slag!)  
Left and right fossil mammoth tooth left sliced as scales set. I think it's in the shop cart on my 'newest just in' page.
Knife scales moose leg bone
5.5 x 1.25 x a quarter inch  thick  and 5 ounces
A nice  beefy set for larger knives or enough for two smaller knives
$35
Knife guards custom cast
Raven left bear right showing how they look on blades
I have 5-6 designs for now. Cast from copper white bronze or brass. (scrap metals see examples below- propellers etc)
$15 each
Mail me if interested always forget what I have in stock so have to ask
Right I have some musk ox horn in stock both sides 10 pounds a side. $80 a pound.
Left Cave bear teeth- about 40,000 years old from Russian (only 50 miles from Alaska). Hard to keep the biggest ones in stock so inquire, make good knife handles I make pocket folders. This size and quality about $120.
Below, examples of various fossil bones that can be used as knife materials- cut and past me a picture so I have an idea what sort of bone you like.
Musk Ox Horn
$80 a pound or about $30 per piece in pictures Price can change, hard to get material
Left
Sometimes I have blank blades I can show you to suit your needs. These are some hunter styles. #1-2 are 01 steel. Will keep an edge well but might be a little brittle for rough use. #3-4 are L6 steel from an 1800's crosscut saw bade and will need sharpening more often then the 01 but are about indestructible. I have  beat on them with a hammer to cut bolts. Once you pick a design and need I can acid etch a design of your choice and you can pick out handle material from my choices of  materials. Can take 6 months to complete a special order and cost $300 to $500 but the finished product will be an heirloom and hold up in the field.
Left and right
I skin out my own game with knives I make and have been for over 30 years..  I build  knives that work in the field
Below slices of mammoth teeth I just cut. Right are slices near the root
Below knife I just finished using above mammoth tooth
Above and right. Fossil whale bone. Above scales, right for hidden tang. The hidden tang have end caps of mammoth ivory ancient wood mush ox horn etc ready for your blade
Right mammoth ivory sheath
Below I now offer custom knife sheaths. usually for my own knives but can make one for yours starting at $30
Above right fossil bison bone sheath. Below it is moose bone sheath
Fossil walrus ivory artifact about 2,000 years old from Nome Alaska. A root digging tool or ice pick. Possible knives handle 'as is' 9 inches long and 7.5 ounces $200
Price includes shipping in the US. Outside the US see my shipping page or email me
Price includes shipping in the US. Outside the US see my shipping page or email me
Fossil walrus ivory - solid- colorful fits hand 'as is' could be hidden tang style or cut for scales 5.5 inches long x 1.5 across. $150
Fossil walrus ivory solid but natural hollow one inch depth. Could be fine for hidden tang style blade.From Nome Alaska 7 inches long x 2  wide 12 ounces $175
Price includes shipping in the US. Outside the US see my shipping page or email me
large               medium               and small
$120                 $85                        $50
Steller Sea Cow bone
A fossil material used for knife handles. Solid material takes a nice polish considered rare exotic hard to aquire
12 inches long x 1.5 inches across. Weighs 1 pound, enough for at least 2 knife handles maybe 3.  
Caribou antler
Has small tine that can act as guard. Fits had well for hidden tang style blade. Takes a nice polish. Light strong material that does not need much care. Good for a functional knife
7 inches long, 1.5 across and 5 ounces
If you see something you like,  cut and paste me the picture so I know what you are looking at. Instructions how to cut paste on advice page
Contact me! cut paste picture!
Link ot my first book,
 
Fossil walrus jaw bone
Looks muck like Stellar Sea cow bone. Solid hard takes a polish can be made into scales or makes a nice knife stand display or carving material
$50 plus shipping
link to my custom finished knives
Mammoth tooth scales
40,000 year old mammoth tooth slices cut near the root. Very hard material- takes high shine fragil hard to work with may need diamond tools to work, but extremely beautiful when successful! 3x 1 1/4 x 3/8th thick weighing 4 ounces. $65.
$80
Right are caribou antler pieces cut to 5-6 six inch lengths for knife handles
If I select pieces as best I can to suit your needs it saves time and money at $8 each. If you pick it's $10 each.
Left mammoth tooth. I have teeth if you want to slice them yourself
Right I steel blank custom blades. These are D-2 steel acid etched with wilderness scenes $75 each
Fossil walrus ivory carving
10 ounces, 7 inches long and 2 inches wide at the base. Fits comfortably in the hand as is for a knife handle . Could posslibly be cut with enough material for two. Whale carving on one side carved prrimatrivley in the 60's. $150
Walrus ossik (penis bone)
23 inches x 1.75 weighing 2.6 pounds. Could make 5 knife handles if cut up. $300
Fossil walrus ivory tusk
21 inches long x 1.75 and weighing 1.1 pounds. Has nice tan crips color definition looking like the color will be all the way though the tusk.
Fossil walrus tusk 7.5 pounds
Nice big solid tusk has government tag on it and is 7.5 pounds and 33 inches long, 3.4 inches across at base. Asking $200 a pound, $1,000
Fossil walrus jaw bone knife scales
Handles and looks much like Stellar Sea Cow bone. Dense takes a nice polish holds up well and is rare- exotic. 4 1/4 x 1 3/4   $44- includes shipping in the US Outsdie US visit my shipping page for ship costs
Bog wood
Sometimes called jet. This is 40,000 year old wood found with mammoth tusks when redwood trees grew in Alaska. I dig this up off a mine claim on the Yukon River. 5.5 inches x 2.5 and 5.8 ounces
sold
Sold
Above and below sold
Right two matched small fossil walrus tusks. Not had time to put in shop cart inquire
Fossil walrus ivory knife handle material
4.5 inches long, 1.5 wide and weighing 5 ounces. perfect shape no cracks solid will not crack good colors but not deep color fossil but maybe 500 years old. Grade #1 as good as it gets. can be cut in half for scales or used as is for hidden tang style Could be cut for guards spacers end caps etc as well.  $95 
Fossil walrus ivory tusk tip
Fossil walrus ivory tusk tip 2.5 inches x 1 inch, weighing one ounce. Would make nice guard, spacers or end cap. $18
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