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Flavio
3rd January 2007, 12:20 PM
Hi all, here is another of my "end of the year" piece :) Could someone helps me with the hanlde: is bone or ivory (i hope ivory, but to me seems bone :o ). THank you
spiral
3rd January 2007, 02:47 PM
Looks like deer antler thats been ground,sanded or otherwise worked down to lose most of its pattern.
So technicaly thats Bone.
Nice dha though!
Spiral
RhysMichael
4th January 2007, 12:06 AM
I have trouble myself telling bone from Ivory in a picture but the above makes sense with the brown incursion into the handle. I also agree is is a nice solid looking dha
Flavio
4th January 2007, 12:10 AM
Hi Spiral and Michael, yes could be, but i had never thought that a deer antler could be of this color!! Thank you
Valjhun
4th January 2007, 09:11 PM
I agree, it is deer antler.
So tecnically it isn't bone but HORN :o))
Flavio I'll explain it to you in your language: e corno di cervo quasi sicuramente. Se levigato per bene perde il tipico colore marrone e le sporgenze.
Flavio
4th January 2007, 09:44 PM
I agree, it is deer antler.
So tecnically it isn't bone but HORN :o))
Flavio I'll explain it to you in your language: e corno di cervo quasi sicuramente. Se levigato per bene perde il tipico colore marrone e le sporgenze.
Thanks, but was already quite clear
Andrew
4th January 2007, 10:03 PM
So tecnically it isn't bone but HORN :o))
Actually, deer antler lacks the keratin structure characteristic of "horn", and is actually closer to "bone". :)
ariel
4th January 2007, 10:20 PM
Actually, deer antler lacks the keratin structure characteristic of "horn", and is actually closer to "bone". :)
Andrew is correct: antlers are bones, not horns. They are composed of osteoid cells and even have marrow and blood supply.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/topics/mammal_anatomy/horns_and_antlers.html
Flavio
4th January 2007, 10:30 PM
Thank you Andrew and Ariel :)
Mark
5th January 2007, 02:53 PM
One way to tell ivory from bone and antler is to shine an ultra-violet light on it. Ivory will glow a very bright quite, while anter and bone will only a weak fluorescense (plastice none at all, BTW). It is harder to distiguish under a dark patination, though, and such things as "bright" and "weak" are relative terms that are hard to quantify with known reference standards.
spiral
5th January 2007, 03:54 PM
I agree, it is deer antler.
So tecnically it isn't bone but HORN :o))
Flavio I'll explain it to you in your language: e corno di cervo quasi sicuramente. Se levigato per bene perde il tipico colore marrone e le sporgenze.
Antler is constructed of bone.
Horn is a keratin structure that grows over bone.
Spiral
Flavio
5th January 2007, 04:00 PM
Antler is constructed of bone.
Horn is a keratin structure that grows over bone.
Spiral
Thank you Spiral :) Mark, i have to find an ultra-violet lamp, even if i think that could be antler :o
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