C Craft
Well-Known Member
I am not really sure where exactly to put this, so if this is the wrong place feel free to move it.
I am working on a sheath for a knife and what I am wanting to do is make a medallion for the face of the sheath. Not from metal but from bone. I want to try my hand at carving an image onto/into the bone!
So what I am looking for is large flat or near flat pieces of bone on which to do this. Has anyone got any ideas of where to get such bone to work with??? Or what bone I need to be looking for???
I found some cow bones at the pet supply and if I can scale my drawings down a little it may work! I was wondering if maybe some of you who do scrimshaw or carving might have some better ideas on large flat bone!!!
Also has anyone got and idea of the process they go thru to clean and bleach the bone??? I have tried bleach and peroxide on bones in an attempt to clean and bleach with out a lot of luck.
I tried to make some turkey wingbone calls one time and soaked them in diluted bleach for a while without much seeming to move. They were not cleaning up and/or turning white. Sooooo I rinsed them and put them in diluted hydrogen peroxide with not so good results. The diluted hydrogen peroxide was very corrosive to the bone, it seems to burn up the bone!!! Could have been because the turkey bones are fairly delicate to begin with or maybe it was not diluted enough, I am not sure!! Anyway I am still trying to perfect that process or whitening the bone without damaging it!
Any information anyone would have on either of these subjects would be greatly appreciated!!
I am working on a sheath for a knife and what I am wanting to do is make a medallion for the face of the sheath. Not from metal but from bone. I want to try my hand at carving an image onto/into the bone!
So what I am looking for is large flat or near flat pieces of bone on which to do this. Has anyone got any ideas of where to get such bone to work with??? Or what bone I need to be looking for???
I found some cow bones at the pet supply and if I can scale my drawings down a little it may work! I was wondering if maybe some of you who do scrimshaw or carving might have some better ideas on large flat bone!!!
Also has anyone got and idea of the process they go thru to clean and bleach the bone??? I have tried bleach and peroxide on bones in an attempt to clean and bleach with out a lot of luck.
I tried to make some turkey wingbone calls one time and soaked them in diluted bleach for a while without much seeming to move. They were not cleaning up and/or turning white. Sooooo I rinsed them and put them in diluted hydrogen peroxide with not so good results. The diluted hydrogen peroxide was very corrosive to the bone, it seems to burn up the bone!!! Could have been because the turkey bones are fairly delicate to begin with or maybe it was not diluted enough, I am not sure!! Anyway I am still trying to perfect that process or whitening the bone without damaging it!
Any information anyone would have on either of these subjects would be greatly appreciated!!