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Gotta catch the dang thing first!
As big as they are, cows move pretty fast.

The bones are oddly shaped, and for the size of a bone you'd be surprised how little coplanar material there is, large enough to cut a scale out of.

I don't know if it was the best way to do it......

This is one I did not too long ago.
It's a 7/8 W&B, scaled in cow bone. Brass domed & stacked washers & pins.

This was my first experience with making my own blanks from bone. It will also be my...