Great videos and I do enjoy the content although I could not do any of that stuff, but seeing as how I'm a old man and we like to gripe all nice small screen it's hard for me to see what you are written, could you change the font color or either make it a little bigger, or leave it alone it's your video, may God bless you and keep the good videos coming 😝
That ending was pure gold! Your wife slammed on the brakes and the car rocked back, the emotions conveyed by that wtf from the car is just amazing stuff
Yes I would 100%. This is the only channel that produces 30 minute long videos that I can watch the entirety of without ever feeling the need to skip ahead. Extraordinary skills you have. Well done.
Я также читал, как один человек в России нашел остатки мамонта с сохранившейся на них шерстью и попросил одну бабушку связать из нее себе свитер. Потом он носил этот свитер из шерсти мамонта. Я уверен, что такой свитер был у него одного на всей Земле.
Yes. I love the bit at the end with the "tusk" at the end of the driveway. Pure gold! The real tusk looks amazing. As always, very well-done and thank you for taking us along through the process.
Dude, shout out to Scott. I've been subscribed to you for nearly two years now, and he's been a fantastic addition to the channel. It's great seeing you interact with him and he's also clearly a smart dude. That air-hole trick in the epoxy container is one I've incorporated into my own life. Blacktail is going to the MOON! 10million subs by next year!
I honestly think this is my favourite channel. The humour and the amazing skill just makes it so enjoyable to watch. This was truly an incredible video!
You should give JesperMakes a try also. Fun storytelling, woodworking and mistakes made. Im looking forward to every Blacktail Studio video. Woke up just now (its morning in Denmark) and smiled when I saw I could enjoy my morning coffee with a restauration video. Thanks Cam 😊
Yes! I didn’t know these were able to be purchased by an average person. I just thought there weren’t many around and they all went to museums. (so much for thinking) Speaking of museums, you really brought a museum quality finish to that. Excellent job!
It’s not museum quality because a lot of the important scientific context of the piece was removed. Museums tend to frown on that. This was a butcher job.
@@salcorbit6330 to be fair, the "scientific context" was lost when it was pulled out of the ground, would you be happier if it was ground down for fertilizer? Is there something wrong with somebody purchasing legal goods and dressing it up to show in their home? What is next, "OMG they made furniture from that tree, it should be in teh museum!"
You can actually buy mammoth tusks that are fully restored, too. They are usually far more expensive then this guy paid, although $7000 is still a lot. The price really depends on how big it is, what kind of mammoth it came from, where it was found, and the condition it was in. There are some beautiful restored tusks. I think this guy could've done a better job restoring this tusk, like by using resin to fill the cracks instead of whatever he used (it looked like some kind of wood filler) and then colouring those areas with sharpie. It still turned out pretty nice, though. The companies that restore them have some really amazing looking ones. They also mount them differently as well, without drilling into them (which I believe would've been a better option). I think drilling into it to mount it was a mistake. There are far better ways to mount tusks. There are areas where natives go find mammoth tusks and then sell them or make jewelry out of pieces of them (depending on whether they find entire things or just pieces). In some areas natives are the only ones allowed to remove mammoth tusks from the ground. There are known areas where mammoth tusks are found, and sometimes natives use "hunting" for them as a source of income.
One of your most entertaining videos yet. Love that you let your personality through, did all that to prank your wife and featured her in it. Also the ending is gold 😂
I am a classicist and I love fossils and artifacts of all kinds, and this is a gorgeous piece. I'm with you on not understanding how someone could be *not* excited about this. I also happen to think you and your wife are clearly on the same wavelength when it comes to humor and that's always delightful. Also she supports you and you support her, so screw people who judge your relationship without knowing what they're talking about.
I can't stop laughing ... Anderson's. Be careful buddy, she just might start pranking your dinners 😅 they say laughter is the best medicine, so thanks for your sense of humor. I had no idea it was even possible to buy a mammoth tusk! My son would be in heaven with this!
I was grinning throughout the whole reveal, but I completely lost it when her car came to a halt! I also had a chuckle from a chainsaw bit. You and your whole crew have a great sense of humor!
How could you not love this... just wrapping your mind around the history of what this tusk represents is the coolest thing ever and it even looks cool to boot. I don't know if it's my childhood obsession with dinosaurs but to have your very own fossil is tops in my book. Would make the perfect centerpiece to any man cave!
I love the tusk! You do beautiful work. Im a retired cabinet maker and my motto is dont do something unless you do your best. Im very impressed by ALL of your jobs. Its so good o see someone with your ethics and honesty AND skill! Keep those videos coming. Thank you.
The absolute confidence Joe had when you asked if it’d hold your weight is everything 👌 It’s the same reassuring feeling I got talking with my wife’s surgical team
When I worked construction, there was a house where we were building a custom staircase and the homeowner asked if the posts would be durable enough to deal with his 4 boys flinging themselves around it. My boss grabbed the post and yanked it as hard as he could and it didn't budge. The homeowner's response was "that's a man who trusts his work."
If my husband told me he spent over $7K on a Mammoth tusk and it turned out to actually be real and the end result looked as good as yours, I'd be the most excited and stoked woman ever!!! I am an amateur fossil collector though. Watching your process was so much fun and the end result turned out incredible! You showed respect for the animal and what is now a piece of beautiful art and history. I hope you and your family enjoy it for decades to come! What a rare find!!!❤
if I had a husband, and he wanted to spend any money on anything, that is none of my business, as im pretty sure all the money he is spending is 200% his anyway. So not sure why is that the wife's business xD
I've collected museum quality marine shells and a few fossils for over 40 years, I completely understand your passion for this. I've eaten sea cucumber meat, it tastes like razor clams and rattlesnake, it tastes like chicken, go figure.
I rarely comment. I am not a woodworker, I'm a musician and painter; however, your work and discipline are impressive, and it has inspired me to pursue my woodworking skills. I admire your patience and dedication to the craft. Cheers mate, and thank you, please keep it up. Absolutely stellar.
Yes, I think regardless of aesthetics, the fact that it's an ancient piece of history makes it one of the coolest things I could imagine displaying in my home. I have a lot of geodes I've collected/cut and polished and I love having those sprinkled around my house.
Yes! I absolutely would have a fossilized tusk in my house! This was a really cool video! Your wife is lovely and is a good match for your humor. Thank you for taking us on this adventure!😇❤️
A museum would not be drilling holes into a fossil or polishing it. They might make a fake version of it for display, of course, but any original will be unaltered.
@@HoxtonKG but they most definitely do NOT polish their mammoth tusks. They keep them as intact as possible. Any shiny mammoth tusks you see in museums are either replicas or were obtained from private collectors after they had already been messed with.
Yes, I was super skeptical about you doing a restoration on this tusk thinking it'd be filled completely with epoxy and it'd look waxy and fake. but I got to say I am thoroughly impressed. I like the simplistic mount and the fact that it actually looks restored not ruined. Bravo!
I was also very worried. I realize that as youtuber it's his job to always portray his projects as if he's going in completely unprepared as that makes it more exciting for the audience. Still, I think he over does it sometimes and sounds like he's being disrespectful towards his clients (supposedly charging tens of thousands for a project he's never done before) or in this case, even worse, disrespectful towards an invaluable historical artifact.
I think a Mammoth Tusk is Awesome . The thought knowing it came from millions of years ago makes it that much more interesting . To own a piece of history and of something that lived goes beyond expression . Thank you for sharing .
Truly stunning I can’t believe she wasn’t excited to have a fossil from such an amazing animal that we will never ever see is truly unreal I would love to even touch it.
aren’t people trying to make one using millions year old dna from a woolley mammoth and an elephant ? i might be totally wrong or it might’ve been obviously fake but i’m not entirely sure
Actually, scientists are considering using DNA extracted from mammoth bones, teeth or tusks, and a donor ovum from an elephant, to see if they can clone a mammoth.
definitely a keeper, love the video and the process of discovering the different ways to not mess up this complex project. I just don't know where I could keep something like this though where it would get the most appropriate praise and appreciation. Good job on this though.
Absolutely! I actually am a Florida fossil diver who has found & mounted multiple tusks & multitudes of other fossils I’ve found during my 40 + years of diving. I admire your commitment to doing everything you could to enhance the natural beauty that is still there after so many eons. Great job my brother! I enjoyed your video immensely! 👏🏼🤩❤️
Interesting to see someone who is somewhat into geology use the word eon figuratively. An eon is about billion years, the Great Pyramid of Giza had existed for 1,000 years by the time the last woolly mammoth died.
Eon has a number of meanings. In Astronomy, an eon refers to 1 billion (109) years. But it also refers to a very long, unspecified period of time, or specific geologic stages of the Earth. The term eon (or aeon) is frequently used as a term for a very long but un-specified time period, much the same way "forever" and "ages" are used. In Earth history, stages of the earth's development are divided into four major eons (Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic), which are in turn divided into eras and periods. These geologic eons are distinguished by major stages in Earth's geologic history, rather than fixed periods of time.@@kasparsarapuu2797
I would **love** to have something like this in my house. I'm a big fan of what people call "Vulture Culture." I love bones and fossils, and a massive mammoth tusk would be right up my alley. Amazing work, as always!
as a custom knifemaker, i've used a lot of elephant ivory (all legal stuff) and i love the smell of fresh cut ivory. the best tip i ever got was don't get it hot working it. beautiful tusk you have and a great job finishing it.
Мужик, это крутая работа! Приятно смотреть, как человек берётся за то, чего он раньше никогда не делал и переступая свои страхи он доводит своё дело до конца! Успехов тебе в твоих будущих проектах!
I’m a woodworker, discovered I love it a few years ago and dove head first into it. I’ve always loved dinosaurs and history like this. I would LOVE to have a piece of history like this in my house, it’s AMAZING and definitely a statement piece!!
I love to watch you work, and even if you said that you do things exactly the way woodworkers should do, I find your work amazing. I like to play a little with wood, but nothing very exciting. I'm more of a mixed media artist. I like your comments too, this is what makes your videos fun to watch. Keep the passion. 🎉❤
No... I don't have a tusk in my house... but I have absolute respect for the care and diligence you exhibited in the is restoration. Thanks so much, Cam!
Yes, I would have this mammoth tusk in my house. Cam you have raised the bar yet again. You are truly are an artist that is willing to work way outside of your comfort zone to try and learn new things. You and your camera man Scott are a great team and make these awesome videos. I love the back and forth banter and commentary. I look forward to your videos and hope to learn more about woodworking and the process of making such fine pieces. When I retire in a a couple of years, I plan on doing wood working full time and hope to be able to create nice pieces to pass to my children and grandchildren. Take care and keep pushing the artistic envelope.
Yes! That base you used is great. It’s minimal and puts more focus on the tusk. I was initially put off with the sharpie, but it turned out great. Great work! Super interesting!
Habitualmente digo porque alguien que se hace videos no se toma el tiempo para mostrar toda la historia. Tus historias son realmente jugosas. Le pones mucha pasión a tu trabajo, no importa qué haces, lo haces como si fuera único. Disfruto mucho de principio a fin lo que veo. En la escuela hace mucho tiempo, amé la carpintería. Al verte trabajar solo te envidio por las máquinas que tienes, pero también por tu habilidad para manejarlas. No es fácil hacerlo tan bien. Como dijiste en un video en el que le hiciste una mesada a un amigo, hay que tener muchas máquinas para lograr estos trabajos. Felicitaciones. Respecto de tu esposa, la entiendo y te entiendo. Lo que es hermoso para uno puede no serlo para el otro pero se tienen el uno para el otro. Seguiré viendo algún otro gran trabajo. Para terminar. El modo en el que le quitas las manchas blancas fue notable!!!
I love it! I'm also into mammoth tusks, still trying to find a good one that I like and can afford. It looks amazing. Some people just don't understand this stuff, but your restoring a piece of our world history and in restoring it, you are preserving our world history! Thanks for doing that. Love your videos your the best you've taught me a LOT.
This was a great change up from the usual videos. And loved that you did it out of love not just to give viewers something interesting to look at. Could really see the joy and passion come through. I hope it smells better now!
Yes. She’s a great wife and that, “not die on this hill” statement is something I use with my wife. Another useful line is, “I’m not stepping on that landmine”. Great work and I love that you always bring something new to the table.
My second time through this one! Love your work. I lived on a ranch in Santa Barbara years back where they cut and cured slabs of hardwood. I enjoy seeing you make them into works of art.
I would totally have a tusk in my house! On another topic, I bet a lot of people think your wife is just negative about your projects, but I bet her decisive critical mindset is part of the reason you love her. My long term girlfriend and I both have building hobbies, I build house projects, boats, etc.. and she sews, dresses, upholstery, etc. We both trust each others opinions because we both give brutally honest feedback. It keeps me on my toes and doesn't let me come close to half assing a project!
Yes, yes, a thousand times YES! It could only be better if you had a story like " I scraped it out of the permafrost myself with a plastic spoon and a rusty putty knife". Loved the color and the finish! Thank you for sharing everything you do, thank you for including Scott. And I love your sense of humor!
A lot of work to restore that mammoth tusk, but the result is commensurate with the work done... and the incredible patience. Also, Elana's presence is so wonderful, she should appear more often in your videos. All the best from Romania and keep it up.
Yes. I love how much you're enjoying this. What an incredible project. I'm a major animal lover and would be horrified if this was from an elephant or rhino, but since these guys are extinct, no-one died for you to have this. And it's a great piece to have. I love that you're giving it so much love. And ... your cat is beautiful.
Honestly, that tusk is amazing! Well done! Also, I know all too well what it's like to have someone that doesn't support you so I completely know how lucky I am to have a wife that supports me, even when she isn't thrilled about my choices. You're a lucky man!
Yes - Cam, your channel is absolutely AMAZING! You’re a down to earth kind of person and you are highly skilled! Don’t mind anyone that tells you you’re not something because of their misguided opinions!
Absolute crazy, never ever would I imagine there be a community that does this type of work. Even less expected there to be so many tusks in such great condition. I love wood working, it was my favorite class in school and well kinda almost regret that I didn't go down some wood working path :)
They are looting important historical pieces and turning them into knickknacks and souvenirs. The “restoration” process and removal from the context of where they are found destroys important information that the piece would otherwise be able to tell us.
@@salcorbit6330this tusk isnt any different than the thousands of other tusks that have been carefully examined. No reason to get sentimental over people using the extra ones for their own purposes
@salcorbit6330 There are many sites, like the one in Alsaka, from where he obtained the tusk, that have a seemingly inexhaustible supply of tusks - to the point that they are piling up in storage houses.
Yes, absolutely to having one. I like your channel because i'm a fan of the materials (woods/metals) and how artisans bring them out. The idea of a natural, ancient fossil like that, even re-finished, would make my living room so interesting. I'd find myself staring at it thinking about how it belonged to a living creature so long ago
Love the tusk, would absolutely have one in my house. This project was awesome. Super glad you covered every step from it's arrival, through drying, polishing, etc. Huge shout out to all the different folks that pitched in, too. Really, really cool.
I love it. It's not as though you went out an killed an elephant to make this piece. It was in the ground for thousands of years and I think you do the animal a great service by continuing it's legacy for years to come! Great work!
It’s not a great service. Stuff is just stuff. The world doesn’t need more knickknacks. What was truly important about the piece and worth preserving was the exact location it was found and a lot of the material that was removed in this “restoration” process. We are losing our heritage when butcher jobs like these occur.
please go to the websight and see how much of these knick knacks this guy pulls out of the ground...ON HIS OWNED PROPERTY...every day...dime a dozen@@salcorbit6330
Seeing this tusk really brings me back… My dad and I used to fossil hunt recreationally, and we came across a tusk just like this one, jutting out of the wall of a creek in central Mississippi. Figured it belonged to a mammoth that had drifted down river millennia ago… Anyway, while excavating it, my dad lost his footing and accidentally bumped against it, shattering it like cheap pottery. We had no idea that it would ever be so fragile, but a good portion of it essentially became powder. It was devastating, because we’d been working on it for hours trying to get the whole thing out. All I have to show for it now are a few broken chunks. But hey, at least we all got to share it.
Yes... What a Mammotj task that was!! 😅 Absolutely stunning piece of prehistoric artifact. It could sit forever in a dusty warehouse, never to be seen, this way at least u have bought it into the light for people to enjoy and marvel over. Your exceptional care and craftsmanship was all it needed to live again. This is not elephant, rhino, seal or whale bone, no animal was killed to aquire it. This magnificent beast probably died thru natural causes and became incased in the permafrost for millenia. Im a true animal lover and advocate for anything that stops the hunting of any animal, endangered or not. This wonderful artifact is a glimpse into the history of the planet and i for one thanku for sharing its restoration back to life. Thanku very much for all your patience and time and dedication to bringing it back to its best possible result. Just stunning ❤
Yes, and wow the finish on that tusk is just incredible. I think it’s an amazing relic of our not so distant past; I love to think about the mammoth that had one broken tusk walking around the tundra being an unstoppable beast. So great to finally see this project after you hinting at it for so long!
Man, it’s really awesome watch your sphere of creativity expand as you grow. You’re truly a maker at heart, and one of the influences that made me begin building my own workshop to learn skills like these.
Once again you have hit a grand slam!! This is a masterful piece of restoration that pays homage to the beautiful beast that it represents. Good work once again, keep them coming as this old, old man enjoys them (and your humor) so very much.
Well, my thing is... Ughm.. "smaller"... On one of my vacations I arrived at the sea beach right after a storm and there were plenty of ambers all around. When I came back home, sanded and polished them all I have noticed one of them had a beautiful 1cm spider inside (about 0.4 inches for you who don't get anything beyond freedom units) - About 40 million years old spider.
Yep, welcome to another episode of My shallow emotionally abusive "I'd rather get my nails done than look at fossils" Regina George of a wife makes me feel inadequate and tells me that all my hard work is irrelevant to her, that my attempts at art are a joke, and that she has no respect me as a man.
Yes ! Enjoyable as usual - the ending with your wife seeing the fake is perfect. I appreciate your efforts to ensure that magnificent object was afforded every opportunity to survive and thrive, the mounting was an excellent choice. It escapes me how anyone could fail to be awed by something that lived 20,000 years ago, I'm sure you'll derive much pleasure from its presence. Well done.
I've watched only a couple of your videos in the past and just stumbled across your channel again and subscribed I saw the job you did for the people in France and I'm really enjoying the ivory tusk restoration you do incredible work
27:45 wow! It’s hard to believe I watched you hinting about this such a long time ago. Awesome restoration effort Cam. I don’t hold your love of tusks, but I do hold your love of wood, so I still appreciate the immense effort you put into your projects, as I’m sure everyone else does. Great work 👍🏻
Not the first video I've seen on your channel, but the second. Your attention to detail is inspiring to say the least. Watching you replace a plug in that tabletop because you knew that you could do it better...and DID - It's a lesson I've had to learn over and over again. So, watching you take this project slow and making sure you understand each step in the process before doing it and the attention you paid to every detail really paid off in the end. Love the sense of humor. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos.
Hey Cam, I'm not a woodworker, or maker in any how, but I can't stop watching your videos. I find it relaxing watching the build process. By the way, I like your sense of humor. Greetings from Brazil.
Yes. I'm not so high on collecting bunch of things, but this kind of decoration is amazing, especially if it's done like you did, making it seem minimalistic and suspended in air.
I would not have a tusk in our house, not because I don't think they are cool, but because it would not fit. You did an excellent job on this. It also preserves the past, which is essential. When looking at it, I wonder about the animal, how it lived, etc. Thank you for doing this.
Yes to a mammoth tusk! So taking time on this project is a labor of love. This was a majestic living animal once and when you look at it, it's hard to not imagine the world it lived in. So cool.
Yes!!! I would definitely have a mammoth tusk in my house. I love all fossils, hence all the rocks in my house. Loved watching the progression of this. Thank you!
one off the reasons i subscribed to you is because you do not hold back when showing love. you always show the people who help you out love, and i love that! you always tag people in the description, make it easy for others to connect with them. You are doing an awesome job! Keep it up!
I’ve never specifically thought of a fossil or any part of an animal to be cool and I’m very into artwork, but this is definitely an excellent choice. You did the best job I could imagine someone doing to “make it shine” too. I can see this sitting in the living room corner as quite the piece to talk about. It definitely looks superior to the tables just because it’s a bone. Great job as always
I would have to have it in my radio shack, because I agreed early on that there would be no fins, fur, or antlers inside the house, on the wall or otherwise. I love the end result, and I thank you for sharing the project. I just recently found your channel and I love it. I love working with my hands and any medium, such a sense of satisfaction.
Yes, of course I would! Your content is always so laid back but raw at the same time. I have been late to more than one thing because I zone into your work. This was a fantastic endeavor and the final product came out beautiful! Also, keep the banter coming! Those of us that are stable, love it and it makes these videos that much better.
Here is the link to the giveaway, best of luck everyone! www.blacktailstudio.com/mammoth-tusk-n3-tools-giveaway
peta is full of clowns anyways, no need to worry about them
Great videos and I do enjoy the content although I could not do any of that stuff, but seeing as how I'm a old man and we like to gripe all nice small screen it's hard for me to see what you are written, could you change the font color or either make it a little bigger, or leave it alone it's your video, may God bless you and keep the good videos coming 😝
why do you put epoxy before cleaning it.... and sanding it after , you destoyed all blue mineral, this is sad
Oh look Hunter has been here😂 right after he left the White House
i think this the first time I entered into a RUclipsrs giveaway, and i love your stuff
That ending was pure gold! Your wife slammed on the brakes and the car rocked back, the emotions conveyed by that wtf from the car is just amazing stuff
😂😂😂
to be fair, he did listen to the wife.
I came here to say the same thing! Classic haha
Time stamp? 😅
The acting is so cringe
Yes I would 100%. This is the only channel that produces 30 minute long videos that I can watch the entirety of without ever feeling the need to skip ahead. Extraordinary skills you have. Well done.
Same here @blakeduncan2930. He has also mastered how to keep me watching through the ad/sponsor.
So true
Best tool ive ever seen in your shop: 13:13
And think about the tools he does not show us...
@@ericstorm8277 he's referring to the JerryRigEverything knife haha
@@TheXshot OOOOOOHHHHHH yes... I was talking about that. Totally. Thrust me.
😂😂
😂 just used it in my next video too.
its cool to see a basically local artist ive followed for a while be recognized by another creator i have also followed for a long while
Я не думал, что когда-нибудь увижу что-то подобное. Спасибо RUclips и тебе чувак за этот бивень!
Так говоришь, будто он тебе его подарил
@@SunshineSingularity подарил эмоции=)
На Ютубе есть даже видео, где едят мясо из ноги мамонта.
Я также читал, как один человек в России нашел остатки мамонта с сохранившейся на них шерстью и попросил одну бабушку связать из нее себе свитер. Потом он носил этот свитер из шерсти мамонта. Я уверен, что такой свитер был у него одного на всей Земле.
That overcompensating comment, immediately followed by pulling out a 36" bar just got me. Delightful.
I busted out laughing at that part.😂
#4000 yr old
Absolutely got me chuckling 😂
Yeh , I actually
Laughed out loud
That was probably my favorite bit in the whole Video.
Yes. I love the bit at the end with the "tusk" at the end of the driveway. Pure gold!
The real tusk looks amazing. As always, very well-done and thank you for taking us along through the process.
Yes! Beautiful.
Dude, shout out to Scott. I've been subscribed to you for nearly two years now, and he's been a fantastic addition to the channel. It's great seeing you interact with him and he's also clearly a smart dude. That air-hole trick in the epoxy container is one I've incorporated into my own life. Blacktail is going to the MOON! 10million subs by next year!
Honestly the subtle humor is 10/10 and what keeps me coming back to this channel
I honestly think this is my favourite channel. The humour and the amazing skill just makes it so enjoyable to watch. This was truly an incredible video!
100% my favorite channel!
You should give JesperMakes a try also. Fun storytelling, woodworking and mistakes made. Im looking forward to every Blacktail Studio video. Woke up just now (its morning in Denmark) and smiled when I saw I could enjoy my morning coffee with a restauration video. Thanks Cam 😊
I found him like a year ago and have been hooked ever since. His videos are simply unmatched.
You slowly becoming one of the most unique channel on youtube. I never thought I'd be so entertain watching a mammoth tusk restoration.
@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist Your going to hell
Entertained? Lucky we can even see one getting restored!
Yes! I didn’t know these were able to be purchased by an average person. I just thought there weren’t many around and they all went to museums. (so much for thinking) Speaking of museums, you really brought a museum quality finish to that. Excellent job!
Google "mammoth 1911 grips" and you'll see that mammoth ivory (tusks) and teeth are used in unusual applications.
It’s not museum quality because a lot of the important scientific context of the piece was removed. Museums tend to frown on that. This was a butcher job.
@@salcorbit6330 to be fair, the "scientific context" was lost when it was pulled out of the ground, would you be happier if it was ground down for fertilizer? Is there something wrong with somebody purchasing legal goods and dressing it up to show in their home? What is next, "OMG they made furniture from that tree, it should be in teh museum!"
You can actually buy mammoth tusks that are fully restored, too. They are usually far more expensive then this guy paid, although $7000 is still a lot. The price really depends on how big it is, what kind of mammoth it came from, where it was found, and the condition it was in. There are some beautiful restored tusks. I think this guy could've done a better job restoring this tusk, like by using resin to fill the cracks instead of whatever he used (it looked like some kind of wood filler) and then colouring those areas with sharpie. It still turned out pretty nice, though. The companies that restore them have some really amazing looking ones. They also mount them differently as well, without drilling into them (which I believe would've been a better option). I think drilling into it to mount it was a mistake. There are far better ways to mount tusks. There are areas where natives go find mammoth tusks and then sell them or make jewelry out of pieces of them (depending on whether they find entire things or just pieces). In some areas natives are the only ones allowed to remove mammoth tusks from the ground. There are known areas where mammoth tusks are found, and sometimes natives use "hunting" for them as a source of income.
I see you didnt actually watch the whole video. What are you even talking about?? He used boned dust to fill in the cracks.
Honestly it baffles me that people can just get a mammoth tusk. And $7.5k is surprisingly little.
75k*
@@BricksAllDay blacktail said 75 hundred not thousand
After millions of views, demand for this rare thing must become significantly higher, along with price.
Way more for much older and more preserved tusks
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One of your most entertaining videos yet. Love that you let your personality through, did all that to prank your wife and featured her in it. Also the ending is gold 😂
I am a classicist and I love fossils and artifacts of all kinds, and this is a gorgeous piece. I'm with you on not understanding how someone could be *not* excited about this.
I also happen to think you and your wife are clearly on the same wavelength when it comes to humor and that's always delightful. Also she supports you and you support her, so screw people who judge your relationship without knowing what they're talking about.
Yes, I would definitely display a restored tusk in my home. The amount of patience in this project is extraordinary. Well done, sir.
I can't stop laughing ... Anderson's. Be careful buddy, she just might start pranking your dinners 😅 they say laughter is the best medicine, so thanks for your sense of humor. I had no idea it was even possible to buy a mammoth tusk! My son would be in heaven with this!
I was grinning throughout the whole reveal, but I completely lost it when her car came to a halt! I also had a chuckle from a chainsaw bit. You and your whole crew have a great sense of humor!
How could you not love this... just wrapping your mind around the history of what this tusk represents is the coolest thing ever and it even looks cool to boot. I don't know if it's my childhood obsession with dinosaurs but to have your very own fossil is tops in my book. Would make the perfect centerpiece to any man cave!
@SpartiuS94 she's toxic, hopefully he made her sign a prenupt before sticking a wedding band on that finger
Yes, i loved how you kept the mock tusk from us until the end. It was terribly awesome
I love the tusk! You do beautiful work. Im a retired cabinet maker and my motto is dont do something unless you do your best. Im very impressed by ALL of your jobs. Its so good o see someone with your ethics and honesty AND skill! Keep those videos coming. Thank you.
The absolute confidence Joe had when you asked if it’d hold your weight is everything 👌 It’s the same reassuring feeling I got talking with my wife’s surgical team
Have you ever met a welder? 🤣
When I worked construction, there was a house where we were building a custom staircase and the homeowner asked if the posts would be durable enough to deal with his 4 boys flinging themselves around it. My boss grabbed the post and yanked it as hard as he could and it didn't budge. The homeowner's response was "that's a man who trusts his work."
@@chasm9557 Yea even small weilds done right are strong as all hell
If my husband told me he spent over $7K on a Mammoth tusk and it turned out to actually be real and the end result looked as good as yours, I'd be the most excited and stoked woman ever!!! I am an amateur fossil collector though. Watching your process was so much fun and the end result turned out incredible! You showed respect for the animal and what is now a piece of beautiful art and history. I hope you and your family enjoy it for decades to come! What a rare find!!!❤
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if I had a husband, and he wanted to spend any money on anything, that is none of my business, as im pretty sure all the money he is spending is 200% his anyway. So not sure why is that the wife's business xD
@@BrimstoneMothmay i ask you how old you are like a teen?
Oh hell yeah. I'd be like "FOR ME?" And he'd be like "for my office" and I'd be like "FOR ME?" And we'd compromise on the center of the house.
I've collected museum quality marine shells and a few fossils for over 40 years, I completely understand your passion for this. I've eaten sea cucumber meat, it tastes like razor clams and rattlesnake, it tastes like chicken, go figure.
@@VeeSee74 Me. Interesting story about other guys life experiences. Next question please.
@@VeeSee74 I care. Get outta here VeeSee
@@VeeSee74me! Very interesting
That is awesome, but my hatred of land cucumbers might keep me from trying that.
@@VeeSee74 I'm getting🤏🍆vibes from you.😂
Your sense of humor keeps me coming back, I am not a woodworker at all but I love watching you work. Keep it up and keep being true to yourself!
I rarely comment. I am not a woodworker, I'm a musician and painter; however, your work and discipline are impressive, and it has inspired me to pursue my woodworking skills. I admire your patience and dedication to the craft. Cheers mate, and thank you, please keep it up. Absolutely stellar.
Exactly - I just come here to absorb knowledge that I’ll most likely never use 😂
I cant fathom why anyone wouldn't want a mammoth tusk of their own, it freaking awesome 👏
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Yes, I think regardless of aesthetics, the fact that it's an ancient piece of history makes it one of the coolest things I could imagine displaying in my home. I have a lot of geodes I've collected/cut and polished and I love having those sprinkled around my house.
Lol
“Ancient piece of history”.
@@jamesbizs what's wrong with that?
@@Deppie_____ probably thinks it is redundant
"ancient" and "history"
but really it isn't, anything that isn't ongoing is history
Yes! I absolutely would have a fossilized tusk in my house! This was a really cool video! Your wife is lovely and is a good match for your humor.
Thank you for taking us on this adventure!😇❤️
That was a pretty mammoth task, but you ended up doing a great job! It's like a museum piece, a piece of history in your house.
A museum would not be drilling holes into a fossil or polishing it. They might make a fake version of it for display, of course, but any original will be unaltered.
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@@carlotta4th Museums drill holes into bones all the time.
@HoxtonKG yeah? They just go to town yeah. Tuesdays all the staff bring their drills and they just drill everything.
@@HoxtonKG but they most definitely do NOT polish their mammoth tusks. They keep them as intact as possible. Any shiny mammoth tusks you see in museums are either replicas or were obtained from private collectors after they had already been messed with.
Yes, I was super skeptical about you doing a restoration on this tusk thinking it'd be filled completely with epoxy and it'd look waxy and fake. but I got to say I am thoroughly impressed. I like the simplistic mount and the fact that it actually looks restored not ruined. Bravo!
I was also very worried.
I realize that as youtuber it's his job to always portray his projects as if he's going in completely unprepared as that makes it more exciting for the audience. Still, I think he over does it sometimes and sounds like he's being disrespectful towards his clients (supposedly charging tens of thousands for a project he's never done before) or in this case, even worse, disrespectful towards an invaluable historical artifact.
Honestly with your attention to detail and love of your work, I'm not surprised you nailed yet another project
I think a Mammoth Tusk is Awesome . The thought knowing it came from millions of years ago makes it that much more interesting . To own a piece of history and of something that lived goes beyond expression . Thank you for sharing .
Truly stunning I can’t believe she wasn’t excited to have a fossil from such an amazing animal that we will never ever see is truly unreal I would love to even touch it.
aren’t people trying to make one using millions year old dna from a woolley mammoth and an elephant ? i might be totally wrong or it might’ve been obviously fake but i’m not entirely sure
Actually, scientists are considering using DNA extracted from mammoth bones, teeth or tusks, and a donor ovum from an elephant, to see if they can clone a mammoth.
we will fucking see one bud
@tc2882 Im positive that they’ve moved well past considering it, and already is in the process of recreating/rebirthing one of these.
definitely a keeper, love the video and the process of discovering the different ways to not mess up this complex project. I just don't know where I could keep something like this though where it would get the most appropriate praise and appreciation. Good job on this though.
Absolutely! I actually am a Florida fossil diver who has found & mounted multiple tusks & multitudes of other fossils I’ve found during my 40 + years of diving. I admire your commitment to doing everything you could to enhance the natural beauty that is still there after so many eons. Great job my brother! I enjoyed your video immensely! 👏🏼🤩❤️
Interesting to see someone who is somewhat into geology use the word eon figuratively. An eon is about billion years, the Great Pyramid of Giza had existed for 1,000 years by the time the last woolly mammoth died.
Eon has a number of meanings. In Astronomy, an eon refers to 1 billion (109) years. But it also refers to a very long, unspecified period of time, or specific geologic stages of the Earth. The term eon (or aeon) is frequently used as a term for a very long but un-specified time period, much the same way "forever" and "ages" are used.
In Earth history, stages of the earth's development are divided into four major eons (Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic), which are in turn divided into eras and periods. These geologic eons are distinguished by major stages in Earth's geologic history, rather than fixed periods of time.@@kasparsarapuu2797
I love how she stops the car when she sees that you put it out front. Priceless.
Keep the variety coming! The fact that you’re exploring different materials and executing them beautifully is pretty extraordinary.
I would **love** to have something like this in my house. I'm a big fan of what people call "Vulture Culture." I love bones and fossils, and a massive mammoth tusk would be right up my alley. Amazing work, as always!
as a custom knifemaker, i've used a lot of elephant ivory (all legal stuff) and i love the smell of fresh cut ivory. the best tip i ever got was don't get it hot working it. beautiful tusk you have and a great job finishing it.
Мужик, это крутая работа! Приятно смотреть, как человек берётся за то, чего он раньше никогда не делал и переступая свои страхи он доводит своё дело до конца! Успехов тебе в твоих будущих проектах!
Yes! "so you did spend money on this!" LOL I love it. I get this comment all the time from my wife.
I’m a woodworker, discovered I love it a few years ago and dove head first into it. I’ve always loved dinosaurs and history like this. I would LOVE to have a piece of history like this in my house, it’s AMAZING and definitely a statement piece!!
Joe was so confident in the welds; he didn't even bother to look at you when you were weight/strength testing the metal work lol.
The metal will break before the weld
I love to watch you work, and even if you said that you do things exactly the way woodworkers should do, I find your work amazing. I like to play a little with wood, but nothing very exciting. I'm more of a mixed media artist. I like your comments too, this is what makes your videos fun to watch. Keep the passion. 🎉❤
No... I don't have a tusk in my house... but I have absolute respect for the care and diligence you exhibited in the is restoration. Thanks so much, Cam!
Yes, I would have this mammoth tusk in my house. Cam you have raised the bar yet again. You are truly are an artist that is willing to work way outside of your comfort zone to try and learn new things. You and your camera man Scott are a great team and make these awesome videos. I love the back and forth banter and commentary. I look forward to your videos and hope to learn more about woodworking and the process of making such fine pieces. When I retire in a a couple of years, I plan on doing wood working full time and hope to be able to create nice pieces to pass to my children and grandchildren. Take care and keep pushing the artistic envelope.
Yes! That base you used is great. It’s minimal and puts more focus on the tusk. I was initially put off with the sharpie, but it turned out great. Great work! Super interesting!
Habitualmente digo porque alguien que se hace videos no se toma el tiempo para mostrar toda la historia. Tus historias son realmente jugosas. Le pones mucha pasión a tu trabajo, no importa qué haces, lo haces como si fuera único. Disfruto mucho de principio a fin lo que veo. En la escuela hace mucho tiempo, amé la carpintería. Al verte trabajar solo te envidio por las máquinas que tienes, pero también por tu habilidad para manejarlas. No es fácil hacerlo tan bien. Como dijiste en un video en el que le hiciste una mesada a un amigo, hay que tener muchas máquinas para lograr estos trabajos. Felicitaciones. Respecto de tu esposa, la entiendo y te entiendo. Lo que es hermoso para uno puede no serlo para el otro pero se tienen el uno para el otro. Seguiré viendo algún otro gran trabajo.
Para terminar. El modo en el que le quitas las manchas blancas fue notable!!!
I love it! I'm also into mammoth tusks, still trying to find a good one that I like and can afford. It looks amazing. Some people just don't understand this stuff, but your restoring a piece of our world history and in restoring it, you are preserving our world history! Thanks for doing that. Love your videos your the best you've taught me a LOT.
This was a great change up from the usual videos. And loved that you did it out of love not just to give viewers something interesting to look at. Could really see the joy and passion come through. I hope it smells better now!
Yes.
She’s a great wife and that, “not die on this hill” statement is something I use with my wife. Another useful line is, “I’m not stepping on that landmine”. Great work and I love that you always bring something new to the table.
My second time through this one! Love your work. I lived on a ranch in Santa Barbara years back where they cut and cured slabs of hardwood. I enjoy seeing you make them into works of art.
I would totally have a tusk in my house! On another topic, I bet a lot of people think your wife is just negative about your projects, but I bet her decisive critical mindset is part of the reason you love her. My long term girlfriend and I both have building hobbies, I build house projects, boats, etc.. and she sews, dresses, upholstery, etc. We both trust each others opinions because we both give brutally honest feedback. It keeps me on my toes and doesn't let me come close to half assing a project!
Yes, yes, a thousand times YES! It could only be better if you had a story like " I scraped it out of the permafrost myself with a plastic spoon and a rusty putty knife". Loved the color and the finish! Thank you for sharing everything you do, thank you for including Scott. And I love your sense of humor!
That hand chamfer is unreal, what a talent
You sense of humor is spot on! Feel no shame at all man! The full stop at the end is priceless!!!!
A lot of work to restore that mammoth tusk, but the result is commensurate with the work done... and the incredible patience.
Also, Elana's presence is so wonderful, she should appear more often in your videos.
All the best from Romania and keep it up.
Yes. I love how much you're enjoying this. What an incredible project. I'm a major animal lover and would be horrified if this was from an elephant or rhino, but since these guys are extinct, no-one died for you to have this. And it's a great piece to have. I love that you're giving it so much love. And ... your cat is beautiful.
But the mammoth died...for him to have it..🤔 tell me how your logic makes sense?
@@tianamarie989 The mammoth did not die "for him to have it", explain your logic please
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Honestly, that tusk is amazing! Well done! Also, I know all too well what it's like to have someone that doesn't support you so I completely know how lucky I am to have a wife that supports me, even when she isn't thrilled about my choices. You're a lucky man!
I think it is an incredible collector's item with invaluable historical value, and it is also beautiful. I don't see how someone couldn't like it.
Yes! This turned out to be so stunning, and I love how you didn't take it over the top, and really let its natural beauty shine through.
Yes - Cam, your channel is absolutely AMAZING! You’re a down to earth kind of person and you are highly skilled! Don’t mind anyone that tells you you’re not something because of their misguided opinions!
Absolute crazy, never ever would I imagine there be a community that does this type of work. Even less expected there to be so many tusks in such great condition. I love wood working, it was my favorite class in school and well kinda almost regret that I didn't go down some wood working path :)
I'm a grandma, and started woodturning in 2019. Give it a go!
They are looting important historical pieces and turning them into knickknacks and souvenirs. The “restoration” process and removal from the context of where they are found destroys important information that the piece would otherwise be able to tell us.
@@salcorbit6330this tusk isnt any different than the thousands of other tusks that have been carefully examined. No reason to get sentimental over people using the extra ones for their own purposes
@salcorbit6330 There are many sites, like the one in Alsaka, from where he obtained the tusk, that have a seemingly inexhaustible supply of tusks - to the point that they are piling up in storage houses.
Yes, absolutely to having one. I like your channel because i'm a fan of the materials (woods/metals) and how artisans bring them out. The idea of a natural, ancient fossil like that, even re-finished, would make my living room so interesting. I'd find myself staring at it thinking about how it belonged to a living creature so long ago
I'm shocked that your wife wasn't into it! thing is cool as hell. I love how well it polished up.
Love the tusk, would absolutely have one in my house. This project was awesome. Super glad you covered every step from it's arrival, through drying, polishing, etc. Huge shout out to all the different folks that pitched in, too. Really, really cool.
I love it. It's not as though you went out an killed an elephant to make this piece. It was in the ground for thousands of years and I think you do the animal a great service by continuing it's legacy for years to come! Great work!
It’s not a great service. Stuff is just stuff. The world doesn’t need more knickknacks. What was truly important about the piece and worth preserving was the exact location it was found and a lot of the material that was removed in this “restoration” process. We are losing our heritage when butcher jobs like these occur.
please go to the websight and see how much of these knick knacks this guy pulls out of the ground...ON HIS OWNED PROPERTY...every day...dime a dozen@@salcorbit6330
Our Heritage? You’re an elephant?
there's other dangers involved the number one killer of mammoths was anthrax so messing with their remains can spread and reactivate spores
@@indeed8211 yeah but it's not like anthrax is extinct
Yes! Very cool to step away from wood & do a different medium. Stay well Cam
Yes, I would love to have a mammoth tusk in my house. I have waited months for this and it looks absolutely amazing! Keep up the great work!
Seeing this tusk really brings me back… My dad and I used to fossil hunt recreationally, and we came across a tusk just like this one, jutting out of the wall of a creek in central Mississippi. Figured it belonged to a mammoth that had drifted down river millennia ago… Anyway, while excavating it, my dad lost his footing and accidentally bumped against it, shattering it like cheap pottery. We had no idea that it would ever be so fragile, but a good portion of it essentially became powder. It was devastating, because we’d been working on it for hours trying to get the whole thing out. All I have to show for it now are a few broken chunks. But hey, at least we all got to share it.
Yes...
What a Mammotj task that was!! 😅
Absolutely stunning piece of prehistoric artifact.
It could sit forever in a dusty warehouse, never to be seen, this way at least u have bought it into the light for people to enjoy and marvel over.
Your exceptional care and craftsmanship was all it needed to live again.
This is not elephant, rhino, seal or whale bone, no animal was killed to aquire it.
This magnificent beast probably died thru natural causes and became incased in the permafrost for millenia.
Im a true animal lover and advocate for anything that stops the hunting of any animal, endangered or not.
This wonderful artifact is a glimpse into the history of the planet and i for one thanku for sharing its restoration back to life.
Thanku very much for all your patience and time and dedication to bringing it back to its best possible result.
Just stunning ❤
Yes, and wow the finish on that tusk is just incredible. I think it’s an amazing relic of our not so distant past; I love to think about the mammoth that had one broken tusk walking around the tundra being an unstoppable beast. So great to finally see this project after you hinting at it for so long!
Man, it’s really awesome watch your sphere of creativity expand as you grow. You’re truly a maker at heart, and one of the influences that made me begin building my own workshop to learn skills like these.
Once again you have hit a grand slam!! This is a masterful piece of restoration that pays homage to the beautiful beast that it represents. Good work once again, keep them coming as this old, old man enjoys them (and your humor) so very much.
Luv it! Beautifully restored- I gave my brother a slice of mammoth tusk as a gift several years ago!
I can’t believe someone wouldn’t be excited about having a mammoth tusk?! 😟 especially after your finishing work it looks stunning✨
I think if it hadn't cost $7500 she'd be much more excited about it
Well, my thing is... Ughm.. "smaller"...
On one of my vacations I arrived at the sea beach right after a storm and there were plenty of ambers all around. When I came back home, sanded and polished them all I have noticed one of them had a beautiful 1cm spider inside (about 0.4 inches for you who don't get anything beyond freedom units) - About 40 million years old spider.
@@shapelessedWhere is it? Make a video showing, i wanna see it.
Yeah that would NOT be a wife of my choosing.
Yep, welcome to another episode of My shallow emotionally abusive "I'd rather get my nails done than look at fossils" Regina George of a wife makes me feel inadequate and tells me that all my hard work is irrelevant to her, that my attempts at art are a joke, and that she has no respect me as a man.
Yes ! Enjoyable as usual - the ending with your wife seeing the fake is perfect. I appreciate your efforts to ensure that magnificent object was afforded every opportunity to survive and thrive, the mounting was an excellent choice. It escapes me how anyone could fail to be awed by something that lived 20,000 years ago, I'm sure you'll derive much pleasure from its presence. Well done.
Yes, if it was gifted. Your tusk is an amazing transformation and I like the re-purposing of the "fake" tusk. Thank you for sharing.
I've watched only a couple of your videos in the past and just stumbled across your channel again and subscribed I saw the job you did for the people in France and I'm really enjoying the ivory tusk restoration you do incredible work
27:45 wow! It’s hard to believe I watched you hinting about this such a long time ago. Awesome restoration effort Cam. I don’t hold your love of tusks, but I do hold your love of wood, so I still appreciate the immense effort you put into your projects, as I’m sure everyone else does. Great work 👍🏻
Not the first video I've seen on your channel, but the second. Your attention to detail is inspiring to say the least. Watching you replace a plug in that tabletop because you knew that you could do it better...and DID - It's a lesson I've had to learn over and over again. So, watching you take this project slow and making sure you understand each step in the process before doing it and the attention you paid to every detail really paid off in the end. Love the sense of humor. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos.
I wouldn't have thought that tusk would come up so nice....Excellent work on both the finish and the mounting !!
Yes. What a classy way to display history. Amazing.
21:14 Pretty confident that Scott is not adopted
Hey Cam, I'm not a woodworker, or maker in any how, but I can't stop watching your videos. I find it relaxing watching the build process. By the way, I like your sense of humor. Greetings from Brazil.
23:06 Maybe it's just me, but I think that it looked nice with the bone ash showing.
Yes, mammoth tusks are really cool fossils to display in one's home. Your love of labor is amazing, fantastic work. Thank you for sharing.
Yes. I'm not so high on collecting bunch of things, but this kind of decoration is amazing, especially if it's done like you did, making it seem minimalistic and suspended in air.
I would not have a tusk in our house, not because I don't think they are cool, but because it would not fit. You did an excellent job on this. It also preserves the past, which is essential. When looking at it, I wonder about the animal, how it lived, etc. Thank you for doing this.
Yes, I would have one of this, they contain so much history
Yes to a mammoth tusk! So taking time on this project is a labor of love. This was a majestic living animal once and when you look at it, it's hard to not imagine the world it lived in. So cool.
Yes, this was a very cool project.Thank you for taking the time to record and share this with everyone!
Yes!!! I would definitely have a mammoth tusk in my house. I love all fossils, hence all the rocks in my house. Loved watching the progression of this. Thank you!
one off the reasons i subscribed to you is because you do not hold back when showing love. you always show the people who help you out love, and i love that! you always tag people in the description, make it easy for others to connect with them. You are doing an awesome job! Keep it up!
I’ve never specifically thought of a fossil or any part of an animal to be cool and I’m very into artwork, but this is definitely an excellent choice. You did the best job I could imagine someone doing to “make it shine” too. I can see this sitting in the living room corner as quite the piece to talk about. It definitely looks superior to the tables just because it’s a bone. Great job as always
Since I have baleen in my livingroom and lived in Alaska 38 years I am 100% with you.
Yes, this I think is the coolest project you have ever done! I didn’t even think of something like it! Amazing well done
I would have to have it in my radio shack, because I agreed early on that there would be no fins, fur, or antlers inside the house, on the wall or otherwise. I love the end result, and I thank you for sharing the project. I just recently found your channel and I love it. I love working with my hands and any medium, such a sense of satisfaction.
Yes, of course I would! Your content is always so laid back but raw at the same time. I have been late to more than one thing because I zone into your work. This was a fantastic endeavor and the final product came out beautiful! Also, keep the banter coming! Those of us that are stable, love it and it makes these videos that much better.
It's like a good steak, for my personal taste, a nice medium. The little bit of raw, with the nice touches of sear, lol perfection
Yes, this type of restoration is going on my bucket list. Very thankful to have found your page. Can't wait for more content to help drive ideas.