A little info on horn and tortoise.

Me and "The Glen" were having a bit of a disagreement on a set of scales. he believed them to be tortoise and I believed them to be mottled horn, which prompted me to do a little research and I discovered this little tidbit:
Colonial Craftsmen: And the ... - Google Book Search
The info on horn and tortoise starts on the bottom of page 54and ends on 56

Interesting stuff! Actually gives you enough info to figure out how to handle horn to make scales as far as preliminary work before the actual cutting of the scales.

Actually the whole book looks interesting.

Very interesting read, thank you. I'll have to get back to it when I have more time.

Great read Mark, Thanks for sharing....

I love reading history..

You could find interesting this online resource titled Using and working with horn (in particular section 4. Working horn).

Some great info

Thank youse
Tom

You guys rock! Thanks!