Making Jigged Bone scales...

[SammyB]

Just received a WH spearpoint in amber bone from Knifeart. I will do a review after I play with it for a while. It has caused me to wonder, how do you process bone to arrive at the red/amber jigged look. Is it dyed in a specific solution, do you use an itty bitty router...

Anyone care to fill me in. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite handle materials. Anyone else like it?

Sam.

 

[wbarnes]

The jigging can be done with a dremel or othe hand tool. as for dying I've heard of people using coffee, show polish, and potasium permanganate to color the bone. I have experimented some with bones from the pet store the white is nice and even saw a friend make a knife with one of the smoked ones(looked somewhat like oosic)
wendell