Thread: Horn scales with Bark

Has anyone used the horn scales with bark like those from originindia09 on ebay? I'd like to have something similar to the rough rams horn scales that thiers issard uses, I though these might be similar.

It is difficult to have scales thin enough to be flexible and still have some nice bark. All too often the ones with bark are thick and chunky and don't flex so they are assembled with a space instead of a wedge. I have looked at some and contemplated them a few times. All in good time. There is no shortage of projects for me. As everything YMMV

Thanks Rez, I thought there would be folks here who had tried them. Strangely the lack of feedback makes me want to try them more.

Sooner or later I will try a set too. I have a set of horns that are not quite ready to separate from the skull. The solid piece at the end I hope to get turned for a brush. I am wanting a three type horn brush from Mountain Goat, Bison and Muskox. As soon as I have all of my components ready I will figure out the rest.

I was watching this thread hoping for free insight as well. Bold new territory maybe?
I'm always on the lookout for antler up at the cottage, but the velvet always falls off. Never had any horn with bark on it still to work with.
Would be fun.. Good luck..

I have a set of stag. Rough. It seems too porous to make scales of a reasonable thinness.
The desired details are deep. The scales underneath get thin in a hurry. I am doing a layer of CA, sand a bit, another layer, sand.
I am just thinking of getting the pivot end thinner. Too chunky.

Reckon that is why they never took off? Seems much more fragile than bone or ivory.

Old picbone came in much more successfully, IMO

Antler is pretty fragile when you cut a slab off. I think moose is likely the most robust because it has less of the porous middle and because of that in my mind it is likely more dense on the surface. Just a personal theory and I could be way off. The deer here are too small to get a nice slab off of. They are great to eat just not much for extras.