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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: manno on March 11, 2017, 01:36:19 PM
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While i dont think i'll share the photo of the horror inside this box, i have managed to acquire me a horses shin bone.
(http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad99/Manno31/E4FB0865-2C17-4A9F-93A8-4CA0AA21387C.png)
Anyone have any experience in preparing a horses shin bone? Do i just saw the knuckle off each end, scrape out the marrow and submerse in linseed oil for the next 6 months? Any tips?
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@mad_abt_cricket made one from a cow shin bone from memory, he'll probably be able to give some tips!
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you will need to clean it up and boil it in water really well, else will stink.
Once dried, submurge in linseed oil for 6 months - 1 year and then it is good to go.
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All I can think off is this
https://youtu.be/kLDhMU5JvMk
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Thanks Chad, mad - I'll give it a go. Might wait till ive got the house to myself though.... For some reason the wife was already less than impressed with me stuffing a horse leg in the freezer so boiling it up in the kitchen may prove problematic.
All I can think off is this
https://youtu.be/kLDhMU5JvMk
Haha not quite as gruesome as that mate.
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you will need to clean it up and boil it in water really well, else will stink.
Once dried, submurge in linseed oil for 6 months - 1 year and then it is good to go.
We talking full rolling boil? Or slown n low?
Just wondering if i can ruin the qualities/longevity of the bone by heating it too aggressively.
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Boil the hell out of it and let it dry completely.