Hi

I recently acquired a big old W&B chopper with horn scales. my initial intent was to rescale it in ebony, but since the scales are in such good condition with no bug bites, cracks or any damage other than aging, id like to keep them. problem is they look very tired and i remember reading somewhere on here that with the correct treatment and persistence, horn will 'gleam.' Whether thats sanding and buffing with neatsfoot oil i am not sure as i have never done this..i can put the shine on ivory with a rubbing compound, but have never tried to restore horn.

I have a modern TI in blonde horn and a rescaled W&B in figured buffalo horn (thanks blueprinciple) and they look so shiny and lustrous compared to this which looks like old wood now, I just cant ever see it competing without a rescale.

Any advice on how to achieve this? Many thanks