Horn color changes (from Peter Cua)
A black hornstrip when peroxide came out rusty color.
A white horn strip when peroxide came out bright yellow color.
Now I dont know just from the sound of it whether these sort of strange
colors can sound attractive , exciting or just disgusting from a boywer's
point of view.
An old man here told me tht chemcial rection won't change the good
flexible properties of the horns: only the color changes.
This we still have to see through testing.
All the best guys,
Peter cua
Philippines
A white horn strip when peroxide came out bright yellow color.
Now I dont know just from the sound of it whether these sort of strange
colors can sound attractive , exciting or just disgusting from a boywer's
point of view.
An old man here told me tht chemcial rection won't change the good
flexible properties of the horns: only the color changes.
This we still have to see through testing.
All the best guys,
Peter cua
Philippines
There is an easy way to tell the quality of horns. Take a small piece of horn, polish the end of the small piece to exterm thin... check the edge if there shown course fiber-like that is not a good quality,if it can be very thin and transparent without any fiber-look (still very intact) that is a good horn.
The antique bows I have seen especially those so called "white horn" bows are almost 100% peroxided, this is the issue I didn't want to tolk about then since it has been brought out here. I remember I bought one antique bow with "white horn" and beautiful flower pattern painted inside the horn belly,then I show it to my friend who has experience of horns for over 20 years. He told me "This doesn't look like natural white horn" then he explain to me the process of peroxide.
My friend who own a horn process factory in China and process over 100 tones of horns per year told me something about water buffalo horns:
Horns from different areas shows different charactors,but they always prefer those from cooler area. Horns from Yun-Nan have tiger tail patterns; from Vietname are the thickest good for making name seals;as for those from tropical area,they normally don't want to buy it for they are thin and too course to make stuff like combs. A small name seal can cost 40USD. If I have a lot of horns,who will be the best buyers for me? unless they don't want stuffs from me for quality reason.
The antique bows I have seen especially those so called "white horn" bows are almost 100% peroxided, this is the issue I didn't want to tolk about then since it has been brought out here. I remember I bought one antique bow with "white horn" and beautiful flower pattern painted inside the horn belly,then I show it to my friend who has experience of horns for over 20 years. He told me "This doesn't look like natural white horn" then he explain to me the process of peroxide.
My friend who own a horn process factory in China and process over 100 tones of horns per year told me something about water buffalo horns:
Horns from different areas shows different charactors,but they always prefer those from cooler area. Horns from Yun-Nan have tiger tail patterns; from Vietname are the thickest good for making name seals;as for those from tropical area,they normally don't want to buy it for they are thin and too course to make stuff like combs. A small name seal can cost 40USD. If I have a lot of horns,who will be the best buyers for me? unless they don't want stuffs from me for quality reason.