Horn, Mineral oil & Lanolin

You can buy RenWax if you want but try to look up some of the geewhiz words they use....micro-crystalline wax? I have anti-seize for bolts claiming same stuff...i suspect paraffin...

Horn should be basically treated as wood and not one of them takes anything past surface....and the stuff should have cured before use to prevent gross shrinkage and all we are doing is moisturizing surface...use something oily or waxy which will not go rancid and create acids and it will be fine....most collectors of stag or ivory gripped anything have forever recommended a mineral oil coat applied heavy and allowed to soak in overnight periodically and it is apparently a great help....but most any similar thicker or thinner substance will work alone or mixed together to heart's content...as mentioned too many times i use a goop of beeswax/vaseline/mineral oil on everything....even me...it keeps things simple rather than complicated.
 
Dobe, I found some on Amazon in packs of 10, 50, and more. I'm an Amazonaholic though, I'm sure you can find them on eBay or a wholesale website. Just Google "lip balm tubes" and you'll have more results than you can shake a stick at.

I picked up a package of 25 for $6.50 and saw 50 packs around $10, just to give you an idea of prices.
 
SingleGrind said:
Dobe, I found some on Amazon in packs of 10, 50, and more. I'm an Amazonaholic though, I'm sure you can find them on eBay or a wholesale website. Just Google "lip balm tubes" and you'll have more results than you can shake a stick at.

I picked up a package of 25 for $6.50 and saw 50 packs around $10, just to give you an idea of prices.
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Not bad, Thanks.
 
Those things are a great idea but normally i leave my goop about the consistancy of facial creme, so i would just have a portable mess in my pocket with those. Gifts of the stuff to mom, sis, whatever, just go in whatever screwtop widemouth little containers i have handy at the time....they like it for skin care....my winter raw alligator skin, from scrubbing with scouring cleaners at work every time hands had to be washed (all they provide), went away when i started using the stuff after a morning shower on areas prone to problems......as i always say, at least i know what it is in the stuff....storebought leaves me ignorant and more than a little scared of what everybody slathers on bodies without a clue as to long term effects.....
 
Sorry Dobe. I missed your question somehow? I found them on the bay. Like sg said. Those prices are exactly consistent with what I saw. I think i got the fifty pack for $10. This whole thing also gives me an idea. I wonder if I could add a bit of bees wax to the Hooflex liquid to stiffen it up and get the same thing as their paste? I might try that and put it in a big carmex pot or something just for fun. I do like the Hooflex. It seems to work better than anything ive tried so far.
 
Just an update, my tubes came, and I got a couple little stainless steel funnels as well. Poured a half dozen tubes and gave a couple to friends already. Only thing I'm thinking, is that it took a while to run it all over the DC, a 17" OAL knife. I'm probably gonna get a few empty deodorant sticks to make a bigger knife balm tubes for bigger blades.

Here's a quick pic

 
The big tubes would be cool. I used to get 100% cocoa butter in them. Ill see if I can find some:thumbup:
Ah! You got clear ones! I started to get them but I wanted to try the black ones so I could leave a few in the car when its 105º outside to test them. If they pass the 170 degree test then my mix is right. Nothing like a big oil spot in the car and an empty tube:eek:
The funnel is a good idea. I use a syringe with a mark in the appropriate spot. I think its one of them they give babies their medicine with.

Hey SG! Check out "Deodorant tubes". Pay attention to the sizes because they all look the same but some are 15mL and some are like 80mL but they look same in the pics. Seems like they are a little over a buck each. Some even fill from the bottom so you get that rounded bulb shape like a new deodorant stick when you remove the cap.
 
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It's so nice to know I'm not the only one who does stuff like this. My wife and kids think I'm a little eccentric. In reality I'm just like all the rest of you experimental mix and stir and blend nutballs:o
 
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It's so nice to know I'm not the only one who does stuff like this. My wife and kids think I'm a little eccentric. In reality I'm just like all the rest of you experimental mix and stir and blend nutballs:o
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Heck yeah! My next screen name wil be "OCDOCDOCD". Your definitely not alone!
 
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