Mammoth Tusk Restoration 

Here is the link to the giveaway, best of luck everyone! www.blacktailstudio.com/mammoth-tusk-n3-tools-giveaway

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

That overcompensating comment, immediately followed by pulling out a 36" bar just got me. Delightful.

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!!!❤

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!

Best tool ive ever seen in your shop: 13:13

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.

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.

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 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 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!

Yes many thank you for taking the time to share your experience much appreciated With love and respect Bill W.

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.

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 😂

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 i would definitely put a tusk in my house, your wife was so kind to let you love it all on your own haha amazing video

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!

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

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!

YES!!!! This video was worth all 27 minutes and 44 seconds. Inspiring!

YES from a new binge viewer. The “stepped on bone ash” bit was network-worthy, and second only to your wife’s reaction. What a lovely person to be married to!

You slowly becoming one of the most unique channel on youtube. I never thought I'd be so entertain watching a mammoth tusk restoration.

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.

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 have polished mammoth tusk a few times for jewelry and it is so beautiful. Amazing work!

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!

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!

You sense of humor is spot on! Feel no shame at all man! The full stop at the end is priceless!!!!

Since I have baleen in my livingroom and lived in Alaska 38 years I am 100% with you.

Yes! "so you did spend money on this!" LOL I love it. I get this comment all the time from my wife.

Yes, I would definitely display a restored tusk in my home. The amount of patience in this project is extraordinary. Well done, sir.

Yes! Very cool to step away from wood & do a different medium. Stay well Cam

YES! I would have a fossil tusk in my house. Amazing process of waiting while the tusk lost moisture. I always learn something new with your videos. Thank you for explaining each step so well. Susie

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!

Yes, i loved how you kept the mock tusk from us until the end. It was terribly awesome

yes for me as long as blacktail restored it.honestly im glad to see some one restore something like this that can never really be replaced......priceless

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 cant fathom why anyone wouldn't want a mammoth tusk of their own, it freaking awesome 👏

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.

Thanks for sharing your unique mammoth tusk project. I love the prank you played on your wife. I appreciate your attention to detail and sense of humour. My 5 year old daughter and I enjoy watching all your videos and we both are fascinated with each project you take on. Thanks again for sharing your passion online. We are very fortunate to have discovered you online and admire your conscientious efforts. Looking forward to the next project. Much appreciation…Michael and Avalynn ❤

I have a couple of artist friends who owned 2 mammoth or mastodon tusks. One was in pieces, but the other one was intact and not stabilized. The one in pieces they used to do scrimshaw. I got addicted to wanting just one more piece. I have a hand carved whale tail. Also a 2 inch piece of the tusk with a beautiful scrimshaw of a whale jumping straight up out of the ocean. Each artist apologized to me about the tiny cracks that showed. This was done over twenty years ago so I don’t know if anyone had come up with the technology to totally hide the cracks, but I love them, it shows its age. I wear each of the pieces as necklaces. It is quite the conversation starter after someone compliments them, I say that it’s about at least 10,000 years old. I usually get out the picture I have of me standing by the intact tusk which is way bigger than me. I’m in awe about how big and strong those animals were. They had two of those things sticking out of their skull. They fought with them and moved them anytime they moved their head. Just their neck muscles must have been huge and strong. And who ever thought up the idea to hunt them and talked a bunch of their friends into hunting them - wow. Those men lived hard. BTW I once ate rattlesnake, it was very good.

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.

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 love fossils, rocks, arrowheads, any old thing I can find, and would absolutely make a place inside my home for SOMETHING like this!

Yes, I would absolutely have a tusk in my house and yours is extraordinary. Very well done! And thanks for the laughs in the journey to completing it!

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.

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, most definitely, to go along with my wart hog and walrus tusk. Thanks for sharing the other photos of tusk, very impressive.

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.

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! 👏🏼🤩❤️

I love how she stops the car when she sees that you put it out front. Priceless.

YES, YES, YES, I just found your channel, have only watched a few of your vids so far. You are amazing! Thank You for sharing your knowledge. Keep up the FANTASTIC and TRUELY WONDERFUL WORK!

appreciate all the high quality and the HIGH QUALITY craftsman excellent all round

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.

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!

I ALWAYS watch your videos all the way through as I do on everything i watch. I absolutely love the Tusk a awesome piece of real Art.

No, I don't have a tusk. However, I absolutely lost it to the last shot of your wife halting in her tracks in the driveway.😂😂

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!

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!

I can appreciate your wife's descriptors my friend because your have some considerable cojones for even attempting a project of this magnitude. Congrats!

yes. This thing looks awesome I absolutely love it. I am loving the crazy projects you have been doing recently.

Honestly with your attention to detail and love of your work, I'm not surprised you nailed yet another project

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 showed this to my niece who is taking Anthropology and she fell in love. I laughed when she asked my to do one for her. Thanks for the video's you put out.

I have a large pendant that I had custom made from Alaskan mastodon tusk!! Love the stuff. Answer is….hell yes!!!

That hand chamfer is unreal, what a talent

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.

Yes. That Tusk is truly unique. Great Job.

Yes to having a fossil in my house. I loved your wife’s reaction to the mammoth tusk and your pranks. The restoration on the tusks came out wonderfully.

Keep the variety coming! The fact that you’re exploring different materials and executing them beautifully is pretty extraordinary.

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.

Yeah I most definitely would have a tusk in the house and what you did with this tusk is nothing short of brilliant. Just like when you work with wood, you're attention to detail is amazing. Absolutely amazing content and thank you for all that you post. Massive respect from here in "United Kingdom 🇬🇧👍👍

I would be EXCITED if my Significant Other bought a mammoth tusk! Even at that price! I absolutely LOVE fossils. Especially rare ones. They are fascinating!

I'm shocked that your wife wasn't into it! thing is cool as hell. I love how well it polished up.

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!

Yes I would have an mammoth tusk in house. As long as it was picked up off the Earth as a tusk. And not taken from a skull. We appreciate all the good projects you bring .

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!

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 - 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!

Yes, would definitely have one. Really enjoyed this video. Had a lol moment! Thank you so much for the content.

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, 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.

You are an inspiration with what you do, when I feel beat by what im doing which is very small fry I watch what you do and it inspires me, its good people like you that are around....... amazing work and imagination for what you create.

Just found your sites and have watched a couple of your jobs. It's impressive how your work actually combines the work of a craftsman with the work of an artist. (And I love your self-deprecating humor!) But this mammoth tusk has got me really involved with the process. When drilling the mounting hole, I actually thought, for the long-time integrity of the piece as a whole, I would not have chosen to drill a hole in the tusk at all but would have figured out a different way of mounting the tusk without jeopardizing the life of the tusk. You have to remember that the top of the tusk, after being mounted, makes a great place for the young kids to swing on. And when drilling the hole, using the fossilized bone "dust" would make for a great filler, especially for matching color-----may have wanted to drill that hole in the very beginning, to utilize that dust? I think this piece is one that an expert in the field of fossils would love. Thanks for posting!

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.

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.

Bravo to you! If I had seen it first, I would’ve bought it! You did a beautiful job, preserving and restoring. If the Mrs. doesn’t want it in your house, I would gladly put it in mine. I have kind of an Addams family mindset anyway.

Я не думал, что когда-нибудь увижу что-то подобное. Спасибо RU-vid и тебе чувак за этот бивень!

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 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.

yes, i would have a tusk. your running commentary is worth the price of admission. brilliant. your digs at the commenters, hilarious. you have millions of views, and i definitely see why (i saw the three youtube plaques) oh, and your work is truly beautiful.

That’s actually amazing, I’d love that in my house! Nice work! Love the attention to detail! 🎉

Turned out amazing! I have a stabilised tusk that was poorly restored years ago, you've inspired me to start giving it the attention it deserves!

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!

Hey Cam! Would definitely have a mammoth tusk in my house, even if I would have to buy a way bigger house than what we have now! I love your attention to detail, your humour, and the editing. That project took something like 18 months, and you made it fit into 28 minutes. Time flies watching your work!

Hell Yeah! had me smiling, then laughing, then wiping the tears…and your comedic sidekick, er cameraman is worth his weight in gold your wife is very diplomatic

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!

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.

Yes, I loved this project!

YES! I love it and just the thought of how old and rare it is .....bonus points.