Buddel posted a magnificent Razor with sea cow bone scales,thinking it not right to post again in the same thread,here is another application.this is amazing material.http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...owbrush001.jpg
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Buddel posted a magnificent Razor with sea cow bone scales,thinking it not right to post again in the same thread,here is another application.this is amazing material.http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...owbrush001.jpg
Another beautifull brush, well done!
Yeah but the picture is really tiny !
You keep tempting my with your brushes. I don't have a brush collection.....yet!!
What is so special about it as compared to other bone?
They're extinctQuote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
Exactly,sort of like haveing a set of Dinosaur scales for a razor:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrentshaving
Not entirely true-Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrentshaving
"Sea cow" is the common name for the Order Sirenia, which includes manatees and dugongs, which are still around, along with a recently extinct member (can't remember the specific name) along with a bunch of extinct relatives. The extinct members are known only from their fossils, so I am assuming this is fossilized bone from one of the extinct varieties?
Correct,the fossil bone comes from the arctic,the 22k lb animals are long extinct.
That is a good thing or we'd be in a heap of trouble. :) Nice job on the brush Bill.Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
How did you source that material? ???
And please, coyld you post a larger more detailed photo? This is incredible!
Brush is long gone so no pics sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Galhatz
I got the material in Alaska,no clue where it could be sourced today:(
Ck here,they have some Boone Trading Company - Ivory and Scrimshaw
As it is NAIDOC week (indigenous week) here in oz there are likely to be a few dugongs made extinct however the bones will not be fosilised, I also anticipate a surfeit of turtle shell and roo leather.
GREAT GOOGELLY MOOGELLY! Pixelfixed, I just looked at that website, and found out some amazing info! Wait till you see this!
See What magQuote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
23 inches! Attachment 134686
Huh? What? Sea Cows (Manatees) are most assuredly not extinct but their bones would make neat scales and brushes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrentshaving
I've seen them and swam with them at Crystal River on many occassions (really cool!)
Manatee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Long handled brush? :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
Manatees are not steller sea cows,related yes,the extinct steller sea cow was an animal in excess of 20 tons.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1OldGI
So what do you think Pixel? Not bad for something that I found laying in the gutter on the streets of Brooklyn, eh?
Am green with envy :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
I always just used it as a club to whack thugs with. I thought it was a horse leg bone or something, Somebody suggested they hadn't seen Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in a while, and maybe it was his!
20 years I have been wondering what the hell it was, and now I wonder even more, How the HECK did it get there!
I think I may have dated one of those back in the day :) I could take the classic beer goggles defense but I think I'll take the road less traveled and simply say it was a clear case of any port in a storm.Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
