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[Beachcricket]

I am about to get a cattle shin bone and will need to clean it. I have read that you can boil it and scrape out the marrow. Is this it?

Julian Millichamp says soak it in linseed oil I assume to replace oils?

Does anyone else have one?

Any help greatly appreciated.

[Jamieh]

I believe you do just boil away, was going to try this myself.

[hell4leather cricket]

boil it in hot water ,do it outside though it stinks! then soak it linsead oil for a 3 months!

[Talisman]

Just boil it to death and then be prepared for a long soak, cannot remember how long.

[Beachcricket]

Thanks, I've got to find a suitable pan now.

The butcher went to give me the shin bone and it was huge so I'll be going back tomorrow to get it cut, must have been some mutant cow!

How will I know when it's suitably soaked?

[Talisman]

When it's Yellow..... and the end of the season....

[Jamieh]

Would you need to soak it again after a season or so, or once done does the linseed oil stay indefinetely?

[Talisman]

It should be in there for the life of the bone.

[Beachcricket]

I've just checked the progress of this one and there appears to be a cream liquid settling at the bottom, the bone has been in there since March and looks slightly yellow. I assume it will darken in the sunlight and oxygen, completely unsure as to whether to take it out now?

[longy0710]

apologies for sounding daft but what do you use cattle shin bone for???

[iand123]

apologies for sounding daft but what do you use cattle shin bone for???

I'm glad someone else asked that as i wondered the exact same thing!

[RoCo Da Pixie]

I Beleive you can use it to knock a bat, Or press it, But i remember seeing a topic about this a fair few months ago

[snafu]

i thought it was for the last stage,to give the bat a final smoothing by rubbing it up and down the blade adding a lustre finish.Not to replace knocking in.

[Beachcricket]

I believe it's to add a lustre to the blade and give it a gentle seal.

[snafu]