[cobalt]

Shopping around for cows horn for project

hopefully some one here will be able to give some advice.

My intention is to mount cow norn and engrave it , simullar to scrimshaws work(engraved whale bones). whale bone etc to difficult to get to many restrictions world wide even for dead beached whales)

I want to try and stain a celtic design engraved horn with colour ?

No idead what stains to use .Obtaining horn is no problem.but cannot find any info on this yet,(prob. not looking in the right place)

But with the amoubt of cattle over there it must be used in the arts and craft movment so any help would be helpful

thanks

 

[cobalt]

Up and about eh RAD hope your on the mend

Probabley just iching to do something i bet, that would be something you shouldnt be doing?

Anyway thanks for the post had the basic idea of shaping the horn wasnt sure if it would carve with a rotary tool.

Has seen some work done with this but no experiance myself

I do have a shape i want and also some celtic designs in mind think its just a case of suck it and see

How it would look mounted on a hiking poles is another thing ,will have to use medeling clay 1st i think to check the balance of it.

 

[cobalt]

Thats a nice piece of work and well designed

I assume you used a rotary tool with diamond cutters for the engraving?

Or did you just paint on the oil.

the design is crisp clean nice one