Tom Jr. - Posted - 08/16/2009:  07:00:22

I was doing a boundary survey down on a bluff overlooking the Ohio river in places not visited by man for many moons. Dogs however have frequented the area because I came across a big old soup bone that Rover forgot to come back and dig back up. What was left of the marrow was some pithy sections but all in all, the bone was perfectly intact and well aged under Mother Nature's gentle hand. The age of this bone looks to be somewhere between 2-5 years. There should be four or five good nuts to come out of this one.
My Dad's method of curing his nut material was to give a bone to his basset hound who would bury it for six months to year and then bring it back. The basset hound is chasing rabbits in the great beyond now and it is hard to train a new dog to properly cure a bone without eating it.


Don''t squat with your spurs on.

DNickell - Posted - 08/16/2009:  15:49:10

Great story! I guess I related to it because I live along the Ohio (and Tennessee and Cumberland) and because I love hounds. When I was a kid we had a half Bassitt half Beagle that was the rabbit chasingist dog ever. I have a Bluetick now.

Please give us an update as you progress with your bone nut project. Bone processed by hound ought to have some real mojo!

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How do you know you can''t if you never tried?

Dean Upson - Posted - 08/17/2009:  05:36:28

I have a 15 week old Golden Retriever pup and he chases his tail. No nut material yet ;-)

Dean

Slideman1939 - Posted - 08/17/2009:  07:54:53

Slideman asks: if one didn't have a dog, would'n't a micro wave or freeze dry process age and dry the bone properly for instrument use. ??? Also --try bone BRIDGES. If you have enough bone left from the nut project, also try BONE BRIDGES in the saddle of the spider--replacing the typical hardwood bridges. Great tone. Also if "Rover" doesn't produce enough natural bone findings, consider CORIAN as en experimental alternative.