Black bufflo horn

[Barry]

Hi all has any one used buffalo horn if so can it be glued together and with what glue?

 

[Buckeye]

I have used it, but never glued it apart from to the tubes with CA, try CA and if that doesn't work, it's just trial and error with others.

Peter

 

[Vic Perrin]

Never managed to get the horn yet !

Vic

 

[NicG]

I've used it, it's strange stuff to turn, I'm not a pro, but I'm ashamed to say I ended up sanding it down to the finish, as without perfectly sharp tools and good technique, it behaves as a sort of a mixture between turning acrylic and an odd mesh of something like horse hair. Being a natural material, the consistency varies from piece to piece and you may be lucky and get a more acrylic natured bit, or unlucky and get a "hairy" bit, where if you struggle, you could try my final resort of using sandpaper.

The thing to watch out for is that it can have hair fine cracks in it, they tend to only show up as you get down to the final thickness, and slowly open up as the horn cools from the friction of cutting to the cool of the workshop. So if I can give any advice, it'd be to turn it with very light cuts and don't let it heat up.

It stuck well to the brass insert fine using 5 minute epoxy, but I didn't need to use any other glue on it, so I can't say for certain, but it's a protein (keratin) based material so CA glue should work on it just as well as it does on your nails and fingers!

All the best,

Nic.

 

[paulm]

I've never used it and believe its smelly stuff but it should stick with ca.

 

[PhillH]

Yep been there done that, never again. Stink ? You don't know what revolting is yet

CA worked ok for me with tubes, should imagine epoxy will as well with it being compressed hair basically.

Best left on the buffalo I'd say.

If you search for buffalo you should find mine on here from a while ago.

 

[NicG]

Yeah, I forgot to mention the stink, but my sense of smell don't work, so I never really noticed :)

It seemed like such a nice idea, I bought mine to give as a gift to a pal who's been a farmer, hunter and ghillie almost all his life, but next time, I'll know better :)

Nic.

 

[cotswold pens]

CA to glue the tubes in, turns, finishes and sells very well, but like people have said...wear a mask

 

[Barry]

Thanks for the feed back

 

[wm460]

I use epoxy to glue it and then put CA coat on it cause as mentioned it is compressed hair.
BTW Aussie buff horn dont smell.

 

[Jim]

I used it once for a center band using CA without issues ..