Anyone working with horn?

Jens Nordlunde · 10th September 2006, 09:38 PM

If any of you are working with horn when restoring a weapon, here may be a trick.

I found it in 'Indian Art at Delhi 1903' where George Watt on page 196 writes.
‘A portion of horn is kept moist with coconut-oil and heated before a fire until it becomes almost as soft as wax. This may take an hour or more. It is then worked or pressed, into the required form, either with the hands or by means of moulds made of hard wood, and finished with scraping tools and a small lathe, and then polished.

10th September 2006, 09:38 PM	#1
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Anyone working with horn? If any of you are working with horn when restoring a weapon, here may be a trick. I found it in 'Indian Art at Delhi 1903' where George Watt on page 196 writes. ‘A portion of horn is kept moist with coconut-oil and heated before a fire until it becomes almost as soft as wax. This may take an hour or more. It is then worked or pressed, into the required form, either with the hands or by means of moulds made of hard wood, and finished with scraping tools and a small lathe, and then polished.