Bone folders

[joet]

I also like the Hide Crafters Cocobolo burnisher. I have read in another group that some people use deer antlers for their burnishers and edgers. Cut it to size and put a handle on it, or use as is. Some people swear by it.

[DCKNIVES]

Well, I am one of those who use deer antler.The piece I have is smooth and rounded on the tip and I have been using it for about 20 years. Works great. Dave

[okiwen]

Well, I am one of those who use deer antler.The piece I have is smooth and rounded on the tip and I have been using it for about 20 years. Works great. Dave

A picture of the deer antler?? Thanks.

[okiwen]

I'd like to bump this to the top again in hopes of seeing a photo of a deer horn boner......thx

A picture of the deer antler?? Thanks.

[DCKNIVES]

Sorry, it took me a bit. Dave

[okiwen]

Sorry, it took me a bit. Dave

Well, that even looks like a antler. I thought you had shaped and inlaid gold or something. I can comprehend its use the way it is. Thank you for the post.

[Hoyden]

If you go into a Joann Fabrics or a Michaels Craft store and look in the scrapbooking section, they have a really nice bone folders,

The top one is the nicer one.

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CAT...PRODID=prd24849

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CAT...PRODID=prd28284

http://www.michaels.com/art/online/display...oductNum=pc0735

[whinewine]

:D Link to

http://talasonline.com

they are a supplier of stuff for bookbinders. do a search of their site for bone folders. they have many different kinds, very reasonable prices & are located in New York

[Windy]

All this talk of making "bone " folders from cocobolo, some resin

impregnated wood and plastic and deer antler. Shall we revisit

the name "bone " folder. I am not real old , alas I figure this

name came about ,hmmmm cause it was made from a bone.

Now I do not know about y'all , but my hams come with a bone

and some of my steaks come with a bone and least we forget

ham hocks and ribs and pork chops. Of course I could be wrong.

It may have just looked like a bone so they called it a bone folder.

[TwinOaks]

Nope, Windy, none of my food has bones in it. The name stuck some time ago I believe, and for the reasons you presume. However, it's simpler to stick with a name that everyone knows than to start getting picky. Of course, then you'd have to think about the second word of the name- folder. Well, it certainly doesn't fold, and from what I've seen, it's used mainly for pressing or creasing. So back to the second part of the second sentence- it's easier for jammon (member) to say I sent him a bone folder/ slicker than to say I sent him a "chechen wood creasing, folding, and burnishing tool", because not everyone would know what chechen wood is. The generic 'bone folder' is more readily recognized.