Thread: found a brother to one of my GREAVES

O.K.,,, this I can run with,,, I just know that the coating/dye seems to not have penetrated the horn/shell.
The olny clue that put me into the shell arena & not the Horn arena , was the pattern /design underneath the black.

Either way, when a set of these scales come into my hands,,,, I know there is a more beautiful surface underneath.

Thank you for the reference.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

O.K.,,, this I can run with,,, I just know that the coating/dye seems to not have penetrated the horn/shell.
The olny clue that put me into the shell arena & not the Horn arena , was the pattern /design underneath the black.

Either way, when a set of these scales come into my hands,,,, I know there is a more beautiful surface underneath.

Thank you for the reference.

Horn can have very beautiful mottled and swirling/streaking patterns. Unfortunately for some, the aesthetic for mass production was often a uniform shiny black

I figured they were horn at first (mine at least) but a blond streaked horn after cleaned as mine do not have the coloration of John's but are more blonde at the wedge and black at the pivot end .. (which again made me happy I have some streaked honey horn coming to rescale with to sorta match) , but I do admit that the turtle idea after John's post (maybe a diff type of turtle I thought )made me wonder cause they are smoothest natural scale I have ever saw ..
either way I just cant wait to put them in the new scales

Originally Posted by gooser

I figured they were horn at first (mine at least) but a blond streaked horn after cleaned as mine do not have the coloration of John's but are more blonde at the wedge and black at the pivot end .. (which again made me happy I have some streaked honey horn coming to rescale with to sorta match) , but I do admit that the turtle idea after John's post (maybe a diff type of turtle I thought )made me wonder cause they are smoothest natural scale I have ever saw ..
either way I just cant wait to put them in the new scales

I just got some honey ox horn in a few days ago. I've had a hard time finding honey buffalo horn.

Originally Posted by engine46

I just got some honey ox horn in a few days ago. I've had a hard time finding honey buffalo horn.

I found it but it was a minimum order so I was waiting , but then I found more ..