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  1. 12-04-2014, 11:38 AM #1
    Glen Monaghan
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    water buffalo horn

    Any experience and/or suggestions for engraving water buffalo horn? I've been asked to engrave a name on the side of a fire piston made from the stuff...
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    No, but Im pretty sure it is mainly keratin. That is the same as a whale tooth (which I have engraved). It should engrave quite nicely with relatively low power. However, it will stink like burned hair!
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Noell View Post
    No, but Im pretty sure it is mainly keratin. That is the same as a whale tooth (which I have engraved). It should engrave quite nicely with relatively low power. However, it will stink like burned hair!
    John is correct. The core of a buffalo (or bison) horn is made up of bone. However, the horn is coated with keratin (similar to what makes a human fingernail).
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