I did move away from using cow horn for repairs and replacements in favor of Water Buffalo horn. It has a lot of things going for it . you can obtain it in jet black or black with fine white streaks, though the best points are that it carves and shapes like Ivory with no delamination's or internal splits plus it is really hard, you tat turn it on a lathe like metal. It has become more available on this side of the pond because of the growing Mozzarella Cheese usage.

The only lessons in my life I truly did learn from where the ones I paid for!