Staining Horn

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Poke berries!  They will stain it!

Those Polk berries have some lethal juices to them that would stain anything. But do they have them up North where Del is from.

[Del the cat]

Poke berries!  They will stain it!

Those Polk berries have some lethal juices to them that would stain anything. But do they have them up North where Del is from.

Just looked 'em up. They are not native to the UK
(I'm just North of London BTW)
Del

[GlisGlis]

googled a bit and found something
try a search for: "  Dyeing Horn - Chest of Books  "   

[Del the cat]

googled a bit and found something
try a search for: "  Dyeing Horn - Chest of Books  "   

Blimey, that's a bit above my pay grade
But ta' for the heads up.
Del

[JW_Halverson]

Long ago I got to look at a guy's collection of Japanese swords.  Because I was respectful of the honor due these antiques and the history they collected to that point, he opened a special teak case to show me a black very plain handled katana with a cheesy black and glitter lacquered sheath.  I mentioned that the glitter kinda made the extraordinarily fine steel blade look kinda cheap.  He chuckled and handed me a jewelers loupe.  When I looked closely under magnification, each bit of glitter had several colors and appeared to have layers within.  Turns out it was abalone mother of pearl bits.  Sixteenth century glitter.

[Del the cat]

Long ago I got to look at a guy's collection of Japanese swords.  Because I was respectful of the honor due these antiques and the history they collected to that point, he opened a special teak case to show me a black very plain handled katana with a cheesy black and glitter lacquered sheath.  I mentioned that the glitter kinda made the extraordinarily fine steel blade look kinda cheap.  He chuckled and handed me a jewelers loupe.  When I looked closely under magnification, each bit of glitter had several colors and appeared to have layers within.  Turns out it was abalone mother of pearl bits.  Sixteenth century glitter.

Nice story...
"Because I was respectful"... yup   How many people would blunder along and miss the real show?
Del

[Martin Schutte]

Hi Del

I Am a knife maker as well and to dye Giraffe bone I use leather dye that is spirit based and take a plumbers torch and heat it up nice and toasty (just don`t burn it) then quench it in the pink dye or blue or whatever you want it to be, it will make a sizzle noise. That is bone and it sucks some dye into it, I don`t know what horn will do maybe it is an idea to to some experiments on.

Regards Martin

[Del the cat]

ta for the ideas guys.
I bought an Acrylic pen blank to try out on a scrap of Yew with spectacular results.
I posted it on facebook and was beset by barrack room lawyers pointing out that the various societies call for "horn nocks"
Totally bonkers... are they saying Antler or bone isn't allowed? I also remember a guy who was Vegan being given a dispensation to use black nylon. Of course the various societies deny knowing of this... prob 'cos they never documented it and incorporated it into the rules.
I don't really care about the societies and I'll just make some nice horn nocks...
Still it was fun to try the acrylic.
Del

[sleek]

Looks like it turned out well Del. Very nice and you can see through it. Thats neat.

[PatM]

Tell them it's unicorn horn and that's just one of the color phases.

[Del the cat]

Tell them it's unicorn horn and that's just one of the color phases.

LOL, yeah, I'd forgotten about the colour phases (that's in TBB IV isn't it? )  That'd work...
I posted a question on the Official NFAS FB page only to be told Horn only.
I was then set upon by mocking idiots one of whom thought Deer shed their "horns" every year not realising that antler and horn are different materials..... so bone and antler are "not allowed" Sheesh and people wonder why I tend to shun the archery societies and competitions!
For completeness it was apparently the EWBS who allowed the use of non animal materials.
Del

[bjrogg]

Dang Del, scared to admit it but that looks pretty sharp. Nice job, it should work nicely for your ladies bow.
Bjrogg

[sleek]

Tell them it's unicorn horn and that's just one of the color phases.

LOL, yeah, I'd forgotten about the colour phases (that's in TBB IV isn't it? )  That'd work...
I posted a question on the Official NFAS FB page only to be told Horn only.
I was then set upon by mocking idiots one of whom thought Deer shed their "horns" every year not realising that antler and horn are different materials..... so bone and antler are "not allowed" Sheesh and people wonder why I tend to shun the archery societies and competitions!
For completeness it was apparently the EWBS who allowed the use of non animal materials.
Del

Eh, dont hold it agaisnt them bud. They are just trying to preserve the sanctity of their group. Kinda like us, we dont let fiberglass in.....