Lot #482 Pair of Gaétan Beauchamp Fixed Blade Knives. Scrimshaw Phenolic of a Pair of Killer Whales the other Petrified Mammoth T

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Pair of Gaétan Beauchamp Fixed Blade Knives. Scrimshaw Phenolic of a Pair of Killer Whales the other Petrified Mammoth Tusk. Gaétan Beauchamp's studio is in Stoneham, Canada and sold his first knife in 1992. He specializes in working folding and fixed blade knives with ATS 34, 440C, and Damascus steel blades as well as remarkable art on his scales through regular or reverse scrimshaw.Largest knife is 8" in length with a 3.75 forged steel blade. The phenolic scrimshaw is of two killer whales one of the few mammals of the sea in auction. Exceptionally fine sheath in black alligator Smaller knife is 7.5" in length with the blade in forged ATS-34 steel with scales made of highly polished mammoth tusks. Embossed leather sheath. Estimated Value $500 - 900

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