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Each section here is going to give us one scale. The excess has to be removed by cutting the bottom of each scale as flat as possible by eye, again using the band saw. To the left, the band saw has been stopped for the picture. If you look closely at the ivory in the picture above, you can see the layer rings on the end of the top piece. It’s common for ivory this old (approx 20,000 to 25,000 years old) to come apart at the ring layers. That is why one is thicker than the other piece here even though it is from the same tusk. The ring layers have separated on the bottom piece. There is a lot of waste when cutting ivory like this into knife scales.
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