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Living in a dairy farming area as I do I had w word with a Farmer friend about water buffalo and Mozzarella cheese. Most of the Mozzarella cheese we see today is made from cows milk though due to us Brits holidaying all over Europe and finding that Pizza made with Buffalo milk is far superior increasing demand for real Buffalo Mozzarella Cheese. This is starting to save the small Cheshire farmers from the dire straights they where in due to the UK joining the European union. According to my Farmer friend there are two European types of domesticated Water buffalo one that requires to spend time in water and the other that can take it or leave it, African Water Buffalo are Death on four legs so no chance of milking them though the domesticated breeds are large and can end your life if you are not careful with them. So as it stands today milking herds of water Buffalo are now springing up hear and in many European countries because of the high value of the milk. As like all farming enterprise when a animal is past its best a quick visit to the abattoir so horn becomes available though not in great quantities yet but growing.
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I learn something every time I come here. I had no idea water buffalo existed outside the south Pacific. Game animals in Australia, draft animals in the Philippines, that sort of thing.
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African Water Buffalo are Death on four legs so no chance of milking them though the domesticated breeds are large and can end your life if you are not careful with them. That is the African Cape Buffalo. Not the same animal as Water Buffalo at all.
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I never imagined when I started this thread that it would take such interested turns. I did not picture it turning to cheese. Now, I am going to turn it into an even more strange direction, dog treats... Looking for water buffalo horn on ebay, I found this water buffalo horn dog chew toysFor those people that actually make horn forend tips, do you buy these and turn them into forend tips?
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One of the members here, from Alaska, frequently sells nice water buffalo horn on ebay.
He sells under the handle jojodo, and, I believe, helped the Petrov family deal with some of Michael's "stuff".
https://www.ebay.com/itm/203538395488?hash=item2f63d57160:g:NuYAAOSwTxJc-Zor
https://www.ebay.com/str/jodotargetarms?_trkparms=folent%3Ajodotargetarms%7Cfolenttp%3A1&_trksid=p3542580.m47492.l74602
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Last edited by Carl46; 01/26/22 08:45 PM. Reason: It was in poor taste and unwarranted.
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And if so, does your dog chew your gun? My dog chews a lot of things, I hope in the future that you will give better contributions.
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Fred, while looking at those Ebay offerings of water buffalo horn, one of them looked as if the section of horn was hollow. If you decide to buy any of these for your dog, could you please let us know if they are indeed hollow, or if there is enough solid material that they might be suitable for things like buffalo horn forearm tips or buttplates? They seem pretty reasonably priced compared to blocks of horn that I've seen for sale. Thanks.
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I buy water buffalo horn in block form from Joe D who is a member of this forum. I have bought larger sections of horn in the past, much of it is hollow and not suitable for gun work.
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You need to get another piece of horn and start over
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