Thread: What Do You Have In The Mail Right Now?

I've got some things coming in the mail ... got a SR coming from Gasman (thanks to bouschie). Also, I have an SR and strop on its way from bouschie

Originally Posted by CrescentCityRazors

Another order of camel bone from a different vendor, 100pcs, on the way! Still no word from my horn supplier.

I have gotten good deals from https://guitarpartsandmore.com on horn. In particular blond horn but they also have bone, micarta, resin ivory, mammoth ivory and a bunch of other things, some of which I've never heard of.

Picked this up on the bay.



It has some hone wear and some pitting but it has enough metal to give me room to work with....I really need to finish some of these projects.

I got this little knife for a trade I did with Paul. Thanks, Paul. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet but it's a nice shape and sharp.


New phone too. I need to figure out how to hold it for right side up pics still.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

I have gotten good deals from https://guitarpartsandmore.com on horn. In particular blond horn but they also have bone, micarta, resin ivory, mammoth ivory and a bunch of other things, some of which I've never heard of.

Does it come the right thickness, I don't have the tools to cut scales to the correct thickness and I don't think that my full size table saw could do it.

Originally Posted by STF

Does it come the right thickness, I don't have the tools to cut scales to the correct thickness and I don't think that my full size table saw could do it.

Sure your tablesaw can rip scale blanks. Just glue a piece of wood to the stock to be ripped, if you need some added thickness or stability. Your fence is your friend. I rip scale blanks all the time on my table saw. Cut a little oversize so you can sand out the saw marks, You might want a specialized blade of some sort. A thinner kerf would be nice. Finer teeth, definitely. At the minimum, switch to a plywood blade. Don't forget your pusher sticks with those small pieces! However, don't quote me on that regarding mammoth ivory. I know nothing about working with fossil ivory and I am guessing it can run from pretty brittle to really really brittle.

On my table saw I cut a piece of plywood but not all the way across. Backed it off a little from the blade and clamped it down. This took all the extra gap on the sides of the blade away and left it so I could rip 1/8" pieces safely.

I can't speak to the other materials but the horn I got was were 13/64" or 5 mm. It a little thick but might be thin to try and make into 2 pieces, with a table saw at least. You could thin them as described. I used a belt sander.

Since I have apparently fallen head first down the rabbit hole stricken with HAD I bought a couple of small stones.
A small washita


And a small trans.




I've gotten to where I like the small stones, especially the narrow ones.

Originally Posted by Gasman

I got this little knife for a trade I did with Paul. Thanks, Paul. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet but it's a nice shape and sharp.


New phone too. I need to figure out how to hold it for right side up pics still.

Love that little knife Jerry. Great grinding. You should be able to rotate the pictures in a photo editor.