Looking for old bones

[springwater]

:-Ok a bit of a long shot but...bit strange I know but don't worry it's all right. Does anyone know where I could get old, lying in the paddock type, bleached grey/white sheep or cow rib bones from. I'm willing to travel a reasonable distance in Victoria.

[Bushmiller]

No problem at all during droughts. Any farm will have them. It has been a little wet over the last 18 months. After your rusty barbed wire escapade I no longer find any request from you strange and I am looking forward to the project already.

Oh, wait a moment, you are not going to become a "pardoner" are you? Sheep and cow bones make excellent "holy relics.":D

Regards
Paul

[Cliff Rogers]

I've gone out to my Mum & Dad's property, they have sheep, cattle & a metric shirtload of roos. What do you want, odd bones or whole skeletons?

[Christos]

I've gone out to my Mum & Dad's property, they have sheep, cattle & a metric shirtload of roos. What do you want, odd bones or whole skeletons?


:doh:

[Bushmiller]

I've gone out to my Mum & Dad's property, they have sheep, cattle & a metric shirtload of roos. What do you want, odd bones or whole skeletons?

:D

Sound like just the job to me, although I would suggest to save undue embarassment skelletons should remain in the closet:wink:.

Regards
Paul

[Cliff Rogers]

Problem is that the scavengers spread them far & wide, crows, hawks, & pigs.

[springwater]

I'm thinking of making a better barbed wire canoe :D I imagine cow/bull rib bone sets would be the go for the majority of the build but Cliffs' mention of roo bones has got me stirred up a bit. I reckon I'd need say a couple or few at least of those old tea chest boxes full, you know?

[jimbur]

I'm thinking of making a better barbed wire canoe :D I imagine cow/bull rib bone sets would be the go for the majority of the build but Cliffs' mention of roo bones has got me stirred up a bit. I reckon I'd need say a couple or few at least of those old tea chest boxes full, you know?
Just out of curiosity, are you married?:D
Cheers,
Jim

[Cliff Rogers]

Imagine the postage on a tea chest. :think:

[springwater]

Imagine the postage on a tea chest. :think:

Apparently $700 for 20kg in a 1m cube courtesy of Aust. Post, about the same by freight companies but they give you more weight allowance :C and the despatch bloke at work wants to punch my lights out but he doesn't know what he's dealing with :cool: and Cliff has to get the bones off his oldies and package 'em :D or I could go for a long drive, lifes so hard :rolleyes:

[springwater]

just out of curiosity, are you married?:d
cheers,
jim
:d

[tea lady]

:think: Vague memory of hearing about "preparing" bones for use. Boiling or something. :hmm: Remove the organic matter. Or maybe that is just of you get them from the butcher.

[springwater]

:think: Vague memory of hearing about "preparing" bones for use. Boiling or something. :hmm: Remove the organic matter. Or maybe that is just of you get them from the butcher.

Yeah, might go and see waht the butcher says, I've got some vague memory of "medical" bones cleaned with some kind of bug which weren't maggots, lovely subject isn't it :rolleyes::-:)

[Cliff Rogers]

Ants do the job just fine. :2tsup:

[Christos]

Yeah, might go and see waht the butcher says, I've got some vague memory of "medical" bones cleaned with some kind of bug which weren't maggots, lovely subject isn't it :rolleyes::-:)

And do post photos, so that we can move this to a password required sub-section. :innocent:

I need a little more experience. :hapy:

[springwater]

Apparently beetles are the go, beetles of the Dermestidae kind:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Human_Skull_being_cleaning_by_Dermestid_Beetles.jpg/220px-Human_Skull_being_cleaning_by_Dermestid_Beetles.jpg
Dermestid beetles being used to clean a human skull at Skulls Unlimited :oo: International, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

So has anyone got any? I might have to start a new thread:think:

[Grumpy John]

Apparently beetles are the go, beetles of the Dermestidae kind:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Human_Skull_being_cleaning_by_Dermestid_Beetles.jpg/220px-Human_Skull_being_cleaning_by_Dermestid_Beetles.jpg
Dermestid beetles being used to clean a human skull at Skulls Unlimited :oo: International, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

So has anyone got any? I might have to start a new thread:think:

Beetles or skulls ? :rolleyes:

[IWieldTheSpade]

A few cheap cuts of meat with bone still in them and a slow cooker does the trick, bones come out pretty clean and just leave them outside for a bit for them to dry up. For the amount you want though, you might be eating stew for quite a while :rolleyes:

[AlexS]

You can prepare animal skeletons by wrapping the carcass in wire netting and leaving them on an ant heap.

[Da bunny lover]

A barbwire canoe with bone ribs ?...im interested but im not sure i should be:roll:

[tea lady]

You can prepare animal skeletons by wrapping the carcass in wire netting and leaving them on an ant heap.
That would get rid of the flesh, but I think the cooking takes the organics out of the bones themselves.

Found a discussion On The Carving Path about preparing bone. Haven't read far. That's your job.:D
Bone Carving - The Carving Path (http://www.thecarvingpath.net/forum/index.php?/topic/1414-bone-carving/)

[springwater]

Thanks for all your suggestions :wink:

[springwater]

I've found a butcher willing to sell me half a cows rib cage for $3 and has plenty. I'll hang some out the back of the shed, bury the others wrapped in chicken wire, wire up others to hang from tree limbs and let the bugs do their thing. I'm hoping for a mid-summer result unless something else comes along or I go out for a collect if I can get the time.

[RETIRED]

Soooooooooooooo, when do the neighbours ring the cops to report the grizzly murder?:wink:

[dai sensei]

Boil em, takes the crud off, plus hardens and minimises organic reactions. I use an old 44 to boil my croc jaws, set up over one of those huge gas wok cookers. Just keep it down wind of your house, and up wind of the neighbour you don't like :U

[tea lady]

Boil em, takes the crud off, plus hardens and minimises organic reactions. I use an old 44 to boil my croc jaws, set up over one of those huge gas wok cookers. Just keep it down wind of your house, and up wind of the neighbour you don't like :UCouldn't he just make an enormous amount of beef soup stock? :hmm: Might smell abit better than hanging them around on the trees. :faint:

[springwater]

Soooooooooooooo, when do the neighbours ring the cops to report the grizzly murder?:wink:

It's how I get them to the burial site in chicken wire with spade in hand that's the problem :D


Boil em, takes the crud off, plus hardens and minimises organic reactions. I use an old 44 to boil my croc jaws, set up over one of those huge gas wok cookers. Just keep it down wind of your house, and up wind of the neighbour you don't like :U

Yep I'm eying the bbq in a way I haven't before :- Gotany croc ribs?


Couldn't he just make an enormous amount of beef soup stock? :hmm: Might smell abit better than hanging them around on the trees. :faint:

:U I'm looking at a stand of trees a fair walk away, a place where I know scores of crows hang out from time to time :oo: Gotta tell Grumpy about that, it'd make a great pic crows in the banksia