Quote Originally Posted by Pete123 View Post
Great job. I would like to think that blanks are available somewhere in the EU. There are quite a few companies making brushes.

Another option would be to look at horn blanks, which you can order from India. They probably wouldn't call them blanks. The pointed end of horn a solid for some distance, thus you can turn it.

The only thing I'll say is to be prepared. Horn is beautiful, though quite stinky when electric tools are working on it.
hmm i can look at that also. and i have changed some scales out on an old straight, wich also were horn. The whole workshop smelled like burnt hair, so yea it stinks quite a bit :P

Quote Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY View Post
It's also a different bread on the lathe as well. Very brittle and tends to chip, and break. Some experience is needed for turning horn, that's for sure.

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Polyester is not the easiest as well, gouges leave a very rough surface (almost to the point of unsandable) and with scrapers you can only do light passes otherwise you get chips. i don't know how this compares to Horn though.