Lot #483 Pair of Scrimshaw Carved Scales on Mammoth Tusk from Celebrated Knife Maker Gaétan Beauchamp: A Ram and a Wolfe

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Pair of Scrimshaw Carved Scales on Mammoth Tusk from Celebrated Knife Maker Gaétan Beauchamp: A Ram and a Wolfe. Beautiful pair of knives each boasting fantastic scrimshaw work on highly polished mammoth tusk. One a Big Horn ram on a cliff, the other a wolf. The Big Horn ram knife is quite exceptional measuring 9.5" in length with the blade 5". Comes with a sheath made from beaver tail.The smaller knife with the wolf is 7.5" in length and the blade 3.5". Superb hunting and utility fixed blade knife. Estimated Value $500 - 800

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