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ravenbeak
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Pacific Yew Wood
finishing horn
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June 26, 2009, 04:26:06 pm »
quick question,
i'm doing my first set of horn overlays,
do you guys learn them uncoated and just sand them up, or do you oil them as you would the rest of the bow?
i am planning on using tru-oil
thanks
Jamie
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John K
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Re: finishing horn
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June 26, 2009, 04:29:21 pm »
I cover mine just as i cover the bow, the oil will really make them look shiny.
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ravenbeak
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Pacific Yew Wood
Re: finishing horn
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June 26, 2009, 04:36:50 pm »
thanks john,
they are cow horn and a nice peachy colour,
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Et_tu_brute
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Re: finishing horn
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June 26, 2009, 04:39:30 pm »
I oil them as well, one trick which brings them up to a nice shine is to polish them with nail buffing sticks after getting down to a fine sand paper prior to oiling, it brings them up to an almost mirror finish.
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ravenbeak
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Pacific Yew Wood
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June 26, 2009, 04:46:06 pm »
thanks brute,
i'm a bit confused though, i thought of nail boards as being rougher than fine sandpaper? are you referring to a very fine one?
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Et_tu_brute
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Re: finishing horn
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June 26, 2009, 04:53:44 pm »
Hi Raven, these are slightly different to nail boards, and are designed for polishing nails rather than shaping them, it's hard to describe them but they're basically the same shape as nail boards but have a few different surfaces (non abrasive, I'm guessing they're coated in polishing compounds or something like that) which you go through in stages to get a fine polish. A friend of mine came op with the idea, here's a couple of pics he took of the sticks he uses next to a nock he polished.
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ravenbeak
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Pacific Yew Wood
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June 26, 2009, 08:39:43 pm »
wow, that says it all riight there, thanks,
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