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doc623:
Anyone know anything about this of have tried it with any success?

BEAVERMAN:
Weve been known to scratch some things on horns with resonable success, look at a few of the posts in the section by me, what do you want to know Doc?

scrimman:
Well, I suppose with a moniker like 'scrimman' I should speak up here.  Like Beaverman said, what do ya want to know?

Sean

doc623:
To any and all.
I would like to know the basic detail.
Do you use a needle or do you make small cuts?
How do you prep the surface?
What medium do you use to coat the marks?
What do you put on the finished scene?
I have just started scratching the surface.
I am having the local library do a search for reference materials and am still waiting.

BEAVERMAN:
Doc, I use a #11 exacto knife to do most of my work, needles and other blades for thicker hevier lines and shading, when using the #11, break off the first third of the blade, way too flexible, sand or scrape your surface smooth, very smooth, remember your going to ink this and when you do it will fill any scratch in the surface, cut in your design, ink it, we use india ink, wipe off the excess, when alls said and done, we use some #0000 steel wool to clean up and knock down ridges, then a good coat of paste wax ie old johnsons in the yellow can, buff and voila!

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