Thread: Dyed horn scale problem

I don't know this for sure, but I've always thought that mineral oil will make horn and bone more translucent.

I was going to suggest Neatsfoot. Have you soaked them? I'm by no means an expert on horn and would defer to Mike more on this but I had a set similar to that that had darkened considerably, not quite as much as that one, but when I soaked them in neatsfoot it brought them back to almost honey color and very translucent.

Edit: See now I'm trying to remember because I may have soaked them in hot water first. Well someone else will chime in I'm sure that knows much more about it than I do.

You might to change your thinking and stain/darken the bottom scale to match the top.