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Wood · horn · bone · mammoth ivory

Our materials

None of our creations would be possible without materials!

Discover our raw materials: common and precious woods, horns, bone, mammoth ivory… and many more.

N°01Cade burl
N°02Ram horn crust
N°03Deer antler

New arrivals

A varied selection of natural material

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Stabilisation and dyeing

Woods that are more dense, more durable.

Stabilisation makes wood (or bone) denser and harder, and therefore easier to work. We use a stabilising resin based on natural cactus juice, which hardens with heat and alters the natural colour of the wood only very slightly.

  1. 01

    Dry, clean wood

    First of all, we make sure the wood (or bone) is perfectly dry and clean.

  2. 02

    The vacuum chamber

    The material is placed in a vacuum chamber with the resin.

  3. 03

    The resin replaces the air

    The air is removed from the chamber: it is replaced by the resin inside the material.

  4. 04

    Curing and cooling

    The resin hardens with heat, in an oven, then has to cool down.

What it changes

  • Denser and harder
  • Resists moisture, impact and cracking
  • More durable colours, patterns brought out
  • Cactus-juice dyeing: lasting, vibrant colours
  • Solid or two-tone shades
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Stabilised & dyed

For truly extraordinary creations

Why stabilise? For aesthetics: some very pale woods, such as Karelian birch, have their patterns brought out and their colours revived. Out of necessity: very porous woods, such as heat-marked beech or guava, become dense enough to be worked without cracking.

All stabilised and dyed woods

Horns

Genuine horn

Natural, alive and unique, horn charms with its incomparable beauty. Each piece has its own nuances, grain and translucency, making every creation unique.

4 origins 268 items

  • Ram

    Ovis aries

    Precious material, made up mostly of keratin, which becomes more malleable when heated. All of the horn can be used — crust, centre, tip — to find a wide range of textures, patterns and shades: each piece is unique. Robust and durable, it is used in knifemaking, decorative pieces or jewellery.

    93 items

  • Buffalo

    As robust as the animal it comes from, buffalo horn charms with its natural beauty: generally dark grey-brown , it may show much lighter spots that create a marbled effect. It is used to make knife handles and furniture panels.

    101 items

  • Zebu

    Origin: Central Africa and South America

    Robust, resistant and versatile, zebu horn ranges from cream white to deep brown and forms unique patterns. Easy to shape but demanding precision, it is most often used in knifemaking and in decorative pieces.

    67 items

  • Impala

    Origin: South Africa and Namibia

    6 items

All horns in the shop

Bone, ivory & other

Exceptional rare and noble

Warthog tusks, mammoth, camel bone, deer antler… natural materials with unique textures.

5 materials 119 items

  • Mammoth

    Fossilised ivory · stabilised molar

    Mammoth ivory and molar are surprising, precious and rare materials from a prehistoric animal, the woolly mammoth. Dense, with unique textures, they range from cream white to dark brown, sometimes with green or blue nuances. Although legal to sell, they remain subject to regulations.

    21 items

  • Camel bone

    Dyed and stabilised in Thiers

    Noble, robust and resistant, camel bone is valued for its texture and its ability to be stabilised and dyed. White in its natural state, it can take on many colours: orange, blue, pink, two-tone… It can be sculpted and polished.

    52 items

  • Deer antler

    Raw and natural

    Noble, rustic material, robust and light, with fairly variable density. It comes from the antlers of male deer, which fall off naturally and regrow every year. Dark brown outside, inside from cream white to light grey-brown : it is made into knives, pens, jewellery and small sculptures.

    26 items

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Questions about a product?

A dimension, a species you cannot find? We will prepare it for you.

Raw, semi-finished or finished, in standard or custom dimensions, to your model.

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