Nick
The horn has been drying for two weeks and the cartilage shows no sign of loosening. It could be that the drying is retarted due to the two weeks of rain. British weather!!!
Malcolm
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--- On Wed, 8/25/10, Nick Andrews <nickjandrews@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Nick Andrews <nickjandrews@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Slightly OT: Removing the cartilage from a Rams horn
To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 6:12 PM
Usually after a few days to a week the horn part loosens a bit as the
internal gunk shrinks and will slide off. That is how we usually do the
oryx (gemsbok) horns.
Hopefully I will kill one in November! Mmm, tasty animal flesh...
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Malcolm <mparkerlisberg@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Does anyone have a method for removing the cartilage from a Rams horn.
> I have two horns from a mature Ram and, after serching the www, the
> searches returned a methon of boiling them for 4 hours in water and washing
> soda. I did that and there is no sign of the cartilage loosening. I don't
> want to damage the horn so any ideas please.
>
> Malcolm
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