Where do you get horn turning stock?

[J Henry]

Thanks for the leads but Pen blanks are a little small.   Some of the available blanks are 2 1/2 x2 1/2 "x12" might go look it over,,  just saying. Might be no use, then it might be,

[Tim Crosby]

Tim, I don't know if you realize it or not, but all of the horn rolls for sale out there are Asian water buffalo and most come are imported from India.

Rick

 Thanks Rick, I will let them go by then.

   Tim C.

[Mark Elliott]

I received two dark honey water buffalo horn rolls ordered off of ebay as referenced before in this thread.   Here is a photo of the two rolls.   I cut them down from 4" to 3"; the size I use for my screw tips.   Both had voids in one end filled with resin.   One of the voids was cut off.  The other void went another inch or so into the roll.   As you can see this really didn't cause a problem for me for a screw tip.   The void will be drilled out for the threaded section.   I turned the roll with the long void into a tip blank without any problem.   The bottom line is that I got two tip blanks indistinguishable from cow horn.   I would order more.   



 

[Tim Crosby]

 Thanks for the review Mark.

   Tim

[Horner75]

Mark, I hope that isn't your blood from working with those rolls? ... 

[Mark Elliott]

Mark, I hope that isn't your blood from working with those rolls? ... 

   That's red paint from where I painted some frames.   

[KentSmith]

http://www.camelboneknifehandles.com/Buffalo-Horn-Roll.html
http://www.knifesupplies.com/products/Buffalo-Horn-%252d-Roll.html
http://www.fsexports.com/products/Horn+Rolls.html

Know nothing about anyone of them.  Never dealt with them.  Good luck.  I am horn ignorant...