It's In the BONE!

jhiggins

jhiggins

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It's In the BONE! It's In the BONE!

LOL whenever I say that I think of Ace Ventura dancing around with a spear stuck in each thigh. Hahaha!

Anyhow... *clears throat*

I got this big ol' cow leg bone in the freezer. My black lab, Captain Nemo is getting on in age and he isnt too particular about bones these days. His teeth are getting sore... he'd much rather have a nice piece of beef, hehe! So I was thinking about trying my hand at maybe making it look old and distressed-looking, kind of like old stained bone with cracks or dryed-out rotted sections or something.

Anyone have any ideas for me to try?
 
I think the first thing would be to get it out of the freezer so it can start to dry. Then you can dye it with something. If I remember right, Bruce Evans has come up with some pretty cool stuff using big dog bones and dye of some sort.
 
I was going to suggest tossing it in the nearest fire ant nest for a season or two but I don't know if these pests have migrated as far north as New Hampshire. If they haven't I wouldn't put it past the little buggers to be able to adapt to the cold as some hybrids have already begun to do. (You can tell I'm from the Southeastern part of the country, the little you-know-whats love it here!)
 
This is actually a hobby of mine. When I find a nice looking bone I take it and tie a long string to it hold on to one end and throw the bone into the nearest field (25 ft). I tie off the end I was holding on to to my porch and let it sit for a couple of years. Its great fun. Mail it to me and I can do this. The string is so the coyotes and coons can't run off with it.

Matt d

Just kidding, I felt like being a smart ass this morning.
 
I occasionally get leg bones like this and cut off the ends and slice them long ways. My dog will clean out the marrow very well, then I let them sit outside for a few months to get cleaned up. Then slice them into slabs and coat with epoxy to stabilize and make scales with them.

They come out looking almost like ivory if you are selective in your cutting.
 
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