Thread: Making Bison Bone Scales from scratch

The Bison bones have been put into the first part of the process to make them into scales...

Thought ya'll might be interested on how it all starts off





Yep every one around the house helps out

Lol i have 3 pit bulls that would love to help you! one pare of scales for the service fee!!! lol

Originally Posted by gssixgun

The Bison bones have been put into the first part of the process to make them into scales...

What did you shoot that thing with?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

The Bison bones have been put into the first part of the process to make them into scales...

Thought ya'll might be interested on how it all starts off





Yep every one around the house helps out

So... taxidermy just didn't work out for your houselhold?

Lucky dogs! Mine would probably like me to make some bone scales too.

This is the first one of the bones going through the process, sorry I didn't update until now, but you guys know how it goes, you get sidetracked with other things

This is after the first few hours of boiling just getting the meat and gristle off, Hmmmmmm
Soup anyone????

Once I get them pretty clean then I will add Bleach then Hydrogen Peroxide to the boil to stop any biologic process and to whiten the bone...








I use pretty close to this process ...

Tips for Cleaning Skulls for a European Mount* A great way to display a whitetail

Moved this thread to the Workshop will have more pics tonight as the bone boiled all day and night in the water and bleach yesterday

Heck of a "Process".
Can't wait to see the finished product.

Can you imagine some burglar getting caught in gssixgun's house and ending up as a set of "scales".

Did something similar a few yrs ago for making knife scales out of caribou bone.
Left them out in the yard for a year

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Heck of a "Process".
Can't wait to see the finished product.

Can you imagine some burglar getting caught in gssixgun's house and ending up as a set of "scales".

Dahmer Scales for sale

Oh that was really really bad, but you know ya smiled at it...

Neither one of my dogs weigh as much as one of those bones. I will be keeping an eye on this thread to see the progress. I have a sneaking suspicion that things will get interesting. Besides your threads usually have something to make me smile, kind like the above response. Those Dahmers should go on a Dubl Duck Lifetime with the Frim Reaper bolster, that would be a hot razor.