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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 315771, member: 111&quot;]Sorry, just not seeing a mystery material here - no reason to believe it&#039;s anything other than the typical ox horn, there are still Scottish firms working with it, a simple internet search will show the wide variety of colors.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&amp;source=hp&amp;biw=1366&amp;bih=656&amp;ei=wBE-WuHRMMrmmAHXvZbgBQ&amp;q=scottish+ox+horn+spoon&amp;oq=scottish+&amp;gs_l=img.1.0.35i39k1l2j0l8.7297.11460.0.14682.12.12.0.0.0.0.80.601.9.9.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..3.9.598.0...0.30x5HQJofik" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&amp;source=hp&amp;biw=1366&amp;bih=656&amp;ei=wBE-WuHRMMrmmAHXvZbgBQ&amp;q=scottish+ox+horn+spoon&amp;oq=scottish+&amp;gs_l=img.1.0.35i39k1l2j0l8.7297.11460.0.14682.12.12.0.0.0.0.80.601.9.9.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..3.9.598.0...0.30x5HQJofik" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&amp;source=hp&amp;biw=1366&amp;bih=656&amp;ei=wBE-WuHRMMrmmAHXvZbgBQ&amp;q=scottish+ox+horn+spoon&amp;oq=scottish+&amp;gs_l=img.1.0.35i39k1l2j0l8.7297.11460.0.14682.12.12.0.0.0.0.80.601.9.9.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..3.9.598.0...0.30x5HQJofik</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Having restored more than one piece of horn, can assure you that it is, like all keratin, fibrous in nature, and with age and/or mistreatment, can split or crack, revealing a stringy structure (not that I see damage like that on your spoon).&nbsp; This is an old, but fairly clear pic of a silver handled salad set that had multiple problems, including the fork separated into two layers, which I carefully epoxied back together, and though it was sanded and oiled, the graining is visible: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104725[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here is a dark horn spoon of the same type, without a nice engraved tip like yours, hallmarked for Birmingham, 1901:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/573766863/pretty-horn-spoon-with-silver?ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=horn%20spoon&amp;ref=sr_gallery_12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/573766863/pretty-horn-spoon-with-silver?ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=horn%20spoon&amp;ref=sr_gallery_12" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/573766863/pretty-horn-spoon-with-silver?ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=horn spoon&amp;ref=sr_gallery_12</a></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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