Horn, or hoof?

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by spiral

Camel hooves are common on Yemini jambiya, And very cheap when people know its hoof... But probably very expensive if the customer cant tell the difference though!

There structure is very similar to fiberous horn.

The Chinese also use horses hoofs to make fake "rhino horn" sculptures.

spiral

This is very interesting.. I have never seen camel bone used in Jambia... any pictures? They use cheap cow horn... Ive seen some odd orange coloured thing maybe off a Giraffe... But then theres the weird description given by locals ~ who use the term for Rhino as Ziraffe !

More interesting may be the whole application of horn in a bid to reduce the use of important species Please see http://stoneplus.cst.cmich.edu/zoogems/ivory.html

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.