Horror and Beauty.. 7/8 Rodgers Resto'd to original

**BKratchmer** · 10-16-2009, 04:03 AM

Beautiful.... I'm glad you saved those, as they do not look to be buffalo...

I think those are an exotic african horn, and that makes them very old and very valuable/rare.

Beautiful work!

**Ramusico** · 10-16-2009, 04:10 AM

Very nice! I'll drink to that

**BeBerlin** · 10-16-2009, 04:38 AM

Well done, Brad! Thank you for preserving that beauty.

**Bruno** · 10-16-2009, 06:20 AM

Looks nice. I am not partial to horn scales, and usually what I do is just rip them off (literally) and replace them with wood.
These ones came out really nice though. Is there any sort of guarantee that they will ermain sraight, or is there a risk of them bending again?

**ursus** · 10-16-2009, 06:40 AM

Very nice work polishing that bone

. Kudos for using the existing scales, which have very nice grain when polished.

**Undream** · 10-16-2009, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Bruno

Looks nice. I am not partial to horn scales, and usually what I do is just rip them off (literally) and replace them with wood.
These ones came out really nice though. Is there any sort of guarantee that they will ermain sraight, or is there a risk of them bending again?

There is probably a risk. These scales wanted to become "U" shaped again every time I heated them up and let them cool.... until I stuck them in the freezer. I don't know if maybe extreme cold is the key to setting horn shape? I'm not sure. There is no information on the internet past "heat them up"

most of the stuff I've found online suggest letting them cool in the oven, but, my experience with that yielded terrible results. Hairdryers are good for a small correction, but, these scales were not ordinary.

I will keep an eye on them until it goes back to Lee -- and I'm sure he will be ever vigilant as well... I imagine if they do start to bounce back he'll immediately notice the blade sitting deeper. my suggestion to him at that point is to loosely clamp them together and hairdryer them. Hopefully he never has to do it..but..once every couple months 3 mins with a hairdryer.... would be worth it to keep these imo

**Slartibartfast** · 10-16-2009, 01:07 PM

Send all horn scales to me....

Originally Posted by Bruno

Looks nice. I am not partial to horn scales, and usually what I do is just rip them off (literally) and replace them with wood.

**sapito318** · 10-16-2009, 04:37 PM

Looks excellent Brad! You really brought those scales back to life!

**bassguy** · 10-17-2009, 05:02 AM

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

I think those are an exotic african horn, and that makes them very old and very valuable/rare.

I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of horn these are? the striations look interesting

**kicker245** · 10-17-2009, 09:20 PM

Excellent work as always Brad, your resto's are getting better and better each time!

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