finishing horn

[ravenbeak]

quick question,

i'm doing my first set of horn overlays,   

do you guys learn them uncoated and just sand them up,  or do you oil them as you would the rest of the bow?

i am planning on using tru-oil

thanks

Jamie

[John K]

I cover mine just as i cover the bow, the oil will really make them look shiny.

[ravenbeak]

thanks john,

they are cow horn and a nice peachy colour, 

[Et_tu_brute]

I oil them as well, one trick which brings them up to a nice shine is to polish them with nail buffing sticks after getting down to a fine sand paper prior to oiling, it brings them up to an almost mirror finish.

[ravenbeak]

thanks brute,

i'm a bit confused though,  i thought of nail boards as being rougher than fine sandpaper?  are you referring to a very fine one?

[Et_tu_brute]

Hi Raven, these are slightly different to nail boards, and are designed for polishing nails rather than shaping them, it's hard to describe them but they're basically the same shape as nail boards but have a few different surfaces (non abrasive, I'm guessing they're coated in polishing compounds or something like that) which you go through in stages to get a fine polish. A friend of mine came op with the idea, here's a couple of pics he took of the sticks he uses next to a nock he polished.

[ravenbeak]

wow,   that says it all riight there,  thanks,