Where can I find flat Bone ?

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Where can I find flat Bone ?

Post by auscab » Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:16 pm

I'm looking for a supplier of flat bone 1, 2, or 3 mm thick , in similar sizes like flat MOP .
And would like to know if anyone supplies it ?
25mm square or larger would be nice or anything larger than 20 x 20 square.
suppliers like StewMac or LMI seem to only have nuts , saddles and pins, unless I missed it.

I have enough for the what I need it for right now thanks to a cow that had been slaughtered up Ballarat way.
I only grabbed one shin bone though to try it out and it is nice material after a bit of filthy, smelly unhealthy work.

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Re: Where can I find flat Bone ?

Post by DarwinStrings » Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:01 pm

This place http://stores.masecraftsupply.com/-strs ... Detail.bok sells various bone Rob including a bit of Giraffe bone :shock: I guess if you need long bits. If you intend to use it for inlay I would check with them to make sure it is totally grease free.

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Re: Where can I find flat Bone ?

Post by 56nortondomy » Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:27 pm

Hi Rob, this ebay store has a lot of bone and shell in decent sizes. Wayne

http://stores.ebay.com.au/Pietra-Dura-E ... 34.c0.m322

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Re: Where can I find flat Bone ?

Post by auscab » Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:18 am

Thanks Wayne and Jim , some good looking bone in those links.

Jim , your right about the grease free, I did not know it could be such a problem. after I posted I went and read this link about preparing bone.

http://www.bearmeadow.com/build/materia ... clean.html

The shin I have cut up has been sitting out in the open with a fair bit of sun on it as well , looks like if I am going to use it though, it will need more preparation.

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