I know most of the material on here suggests using neats foot oil and in rare cases, mineral oil, for horn scales. After reading another thread about how horn was used to mimic tortuous shell and it could be pressed, boiled and such. Why can't tung oil be used? I know with wood it seals and protects the wood. From my own experience it almost gives a plastic finish to the wood. Would not this be good for the horn to seal it? Sorry if this has been covered. I couldn't find anything when I searched. Someone mentioned that horn scales should not be sealed but wouldn't that be what they did to mimic the shell, seal the horn and use paint, dye or other finishes?