How much heat can Rhino Horn handle?

Oliver Pinchot · 29th December 2018, 04:21 PM

You will ruin that horn if a jeweler puts heat to it

Drabant1701 · 29th December 2018, 04:29 PM

Thanks for your replies! Thats why I ask first

I will look into other methods, that plastic steel looks promising.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 29th December 2018, 05:31 PM

The steel stuff will be safer... Heat will melt it like butter... It is Rhino

Battara · 29th December 2018, 06:34 PM

You can NEVER silver solder onto horn or any organic matter. Even soft solder is too hot (and is much lower in temperature).

No offense, but your jeweler friend is nuts! (I too make jewelry and so lots of silver soldering).

ariel · 29th December 2018, 07:35 PM

Jose,
Aren’t you too harsh on the jeweler?
He said he could solder it, but wanted to know first whether horn will survive it.
IMHO, he was perfect.

roanoa · 29th December 2018, 11:39 PM

OK. The hilt is rhino. Heat will not MELT it, just BURN IT. I have broken bits and pieces of rhino horn from messed up Ethiopian swords, so I decided to try. If you try to burn one of your own fingernail (after you clip it.....) you will get the same result. It chars more than burns. You can scrape off the charred surface and re-polish it. This is not what one wants to do to a good piece of rhino horn. A good epoxy will do a better job. By the way, there are epoxies designed for jewellery making. Cheers, Ron

Battara · 30th December 2018, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ariel

Jose,
Aren’t you too harsh on the jeweler?
He said he could solder it, but wanted to know first whether horn will survive it.
IMHO, he was perfect.

Any horn will burn. If he knows nothing at all about horn, then I guess that might be forgivable. But that would also mean that he was somewhat narrow in his scope of experience. At that type of heat, anything organic would burn.

I do apologize if I came across caustic.

Tim Simmons · 30th December 2018, 06:25 AM

You could do it using a puk welding machine.. I have one ideal for this type of job. It is welding through 10x optics with a needle electrode. Expensive kit and a steep learning curve. An even better way is laser welding but I do not have a laser welding unit and your job might not fit in the laser unit. I live in the UK. I would find a jeweller or silversmith in your area that is using a puk welding unit near you should be straight forward. I better pic would help.

https://www.bettsmetalsales.com/jewe...uk-welding/puk

29th December 2018, 04:21 PM	#1
Oliver Pinchot Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 468	You will ruin that horn if a jeweler puts heat to it

29th December 2018, 04:29 PM	#2
Drabant1701 Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 181	Thanks for your replies! Thats why I ask first I will look into other methods, that plastic steel looks promising.

29th December 2018, 05:31 PM	#3
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	The steel stuff will be safer... Heat will melt it like butter... It is Rhino

29th December 2018, 06:34 PM	#4
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,310	You can NEVER silver solder onto horn or any organic matter. Even soft solder is too hot (and is much lower in temperature). No offense, but your jeweler friend is nuts! (I too make jewelry and so lots of silver soldering).

29th December 2018, 07:35 PM	#5
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Jose, Aren’t you too harsh on the jeweler? He said he could solder it, but wanted to know first whether horn will survive it. IMHO, he was perfect.

29th December 2018, 11:39 PM	#6
roanoa Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 241	OK. The hilt is rhino. Heat will not MELT it, just BURN IT. I have broken bits and pieces of rhino horn from messed up Ethiopian swords, so I decided to try. If you try to burn one of your own fingernail (after you clip it.....) you will get the same result. It chars more than burns. You can scrape off the charred surface and re-polish it. This is not what one wants to do to a good piece of rhino horn. A good epoxy will do a better job. By the way, there are epoxies designed for jewellery making. Cheers, Ron

30th December 2018, 06:25 AM	#8
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,875	You could do it using a puk welding machine.. I have one ideal for this type of job. It is welding through 10x optics with a needle electrode. Expensive kit and a steep learning curve. An even better way is laser welding but I do not have a laser welding unit and your job might not fit in the laser unit. I live in the UK. I would find a jeweller or silversmith in your area that is using a puk welding unit near you should be straight forward. I better pic would help. https://www.bettsmetalsales.com/jewe...uk-welding/puk