The earliest scissors we know of date to the Middle East 4000 years ago. They consisted of two blades connected by a curved strip at the end. Squeezing the blades brought them together, and releasing them opened them up. Shears and scissors, common implements in the Middle Ages, were made in a variety of materials and sizes according to their use. Filter by Price £9.00 £68.00 Period Roman Saxon Viking Medieval Sort by Small Scissors with small handle Price £10.00 Large Scissors with small handle Price £12.00 Small shank-scissors Price £12.00 Large shank-scissor Price £15.00 Snips Price £9.00 Rounded Snips Price £10.00 Hand-Forged Medieval Surgical Kit with leather bag Out of stock

Winningas or winingas are long strips of woollen or linen material, about 8' (2.5m) long and 2" (5cm) wide, similar to the puttees adopted by the British Army from the 1890s to 1980s. They were wrapped around either the bare legs or trouser legs for extra warmth and protection. Filter by Category All Viking Saxon Medieval New In Price £17.50 £22.50 Sort by New Viking Winningas, Herringbone Pattern Red Price £17.50 New Viking Winningas, Herringbone Pattern Brown Out of stock New Viking Winningas, Herringbone Pattern, 7 m Length Red Yellow Price £22.50 New Viking Winningas, Diamond Twill, 7 m Length Green Price £22.50

The Merchant Venturers offer you high quality products and they strive to look for authenticity of each and every single one of these items. Form our historical and blown glassware to our reenactment equipment. Please find our Best Sellers on this page. Filter by Category All New In Glassware Horn & Bone Items Leather Goods Hand Forged Items Tapestries Wooden items Knives and Cutlery Viking Candles Medieval Jewellery Helmets Swords Daggers, Seax Roman Saxon Vikings 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century Sort by Best Seller Lady and the Unicorn Desire Medium Price £100.00 New Medieval Leather Pouch with Beltloop, brown Price £15.00 New Dice Shaker with Lid, Leather with Embossed Vegvisir, brown Out of stock Best Seller Cersei Wine Glass Price £32.50 Best Seller Rummer Price £29.50 Best Seller Big leather pouch Price £18.00 Best Seller Roman carafe Price £42.50 Best Seller Helmet Stand Price £15.00 Best Seller Commando knife Price £20.00 Best Seller Sgian Dubh Knife with sheath and brown wooden handle Price £20.00 Best Seller Shot glass with air bubble Price £23.50 Best Seller Engraved Wineglass Price £32.50 Best Seller Medieval Dagger with scabbard, regular version Price £55.00 Best Seller Confederate States Army Bowie Knife Price £40.00 Best Seller Axe belt holder with forged ring Price £11.50 Horn Mug Price £32.00 Best Seller Celtic Short Sword, 3rd - 2nd Century B.C. Price £65.00 Damascus Steel Utility Knife, Bone/Wood Handle & Leather Sheath Price £45.00 Best Seller Medieval Dagger with scabbard, practical version Price £65.00 Viking Throwing Axe Price £32.50 Buckler with 2 band plates Price £46.00 Suede Leather Pouch, Small Coin Pouch Price £6.50 Suede Leather Pouch, Small Coin Pouch Price £6.50 Best Seller Water Barometer Weatherglass Price £18.50 Best Seller Roman Jug Price £36.00 Suede Leather Pouch, Small Coin Pouch Price £6.50 Suede Leather Pouch, Small Coin Pouch Price £6.50 New Big leather pouch Woven Panel Price £18.00 New Dice Shaker, Leather with Embossed Dragon Motif, Jelling Style, dark brown Price £8.50 New Leather Drinking Horn Holder with Buckle, dark brown Leather Emboss Price £8.50 Best Seller Hand Dipped Candles from Pure Beeswax Stubby Price £3.75 New Adjustable Belt Holder for Drinking Horns, Leather Embossed Price £9.50 New Sword Frog Price £12.50 Best Seller Wooden Display stand for Daggers and Swords Out of stock New Wooden Display stand for Daggers and Swords 2 Mount Out of stock Horn Tips Price £2.00 Best Seller Hand Dipped Candles from Pure Beeswax Standard Price £5.85 Best Seller Horn Cup Price £12.50 Best Seller Sword Belt- Brown Leather Price £35.00 Best Seller Folding Knife with Bone Handle Scales Price £12.50 Best Seller Ring brooch, twisted Price £7.50 Best Seller Lannister Wine Glass Price £34.00 Best Seller Outlander Wineglass Price £27.50 Best Seller Seax of Beagnoth with Leather Sheath Price £80.00 Best Seller Short Seax with Horn Handle Price £47.50 Best Seller Short Seax with Bone Handle Price £47.50 Best Seller 10c Viking Sword w. scabbard, five-lobed pommel, regular Price £125.00 Best Seller French Infantry Sabre, Type Briquet, for Sabrage Price £65.00

Testimonials The helmet has arrived and I have one very ecstatic husband! Such amazing quality and detail and is proudly displayed on your helmet stand next to your Saxon sword. You are an amazing business and a real pleasure to do business with. Thank you so much. Wendy and Graeme, UK I bought multiple items for props in my photography shoots and was very happy with all of them. The (17th century) glass is superb quality and looks fantastic. I can highly recommend. I also bought a knife and eating point cutlery set, which looks authentic, and amongst other things some bone dice. I coloured them using black tea and rounded the edges to look a little worn from use and the result is very pleasing. Would definitely recommend The Merchant Venturers for all your replica items. Martin, Totnes, UK Thankyou for all the lovely, lovely glasses that I ordered. They arrived well packed & intact, beautiful. I will be ordering more from you. I've been happily christening them lately!! All the best Paul, UK Crusader practical dagger This is an excellent item, well made, weighty and beautifully finished. Bought as a present for my son who'll be delighted with it. Thank you. Estelle Quick, Cromarty, UK Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that I received the shipment the other day and everything is absolutely lovely. Again thank you. Sincerely Elvira Mason, Pennsylvania, United States Thanks, Clive and Lucille! The glasses have arrived and are gorgeous- the set will be a lovely Christmas present for my partner who is in the reenactment scene. Thanks, Zoà . i just wanted to drop you a line, i received my glasses today, thank you thank you thank you, they are stunning!!! god bless you!! Sincerely Stephanie, Norwalk, USA Hi I just received my order of two Tyrion glasses. Oh wow! They are absolutely amazing. Thank you so much. Kind regards Caroline, Essex, UK I have so enjoyed the 2 beautiful engraved wine glasses fashioned after those in Outlander. I look forward to ordering more items. Leslie Hancock Jackson MS Thanks you for the beautiful glass, which just arrived, Clive & lucille! Best wishes, Andrei, UK Dear Clive & Lucile, I received the glasses today, and all I can say is that they are AWESOME. Really stunning with an super high quality! Thanks a lot. I will be placing a new order soon!! Thanks again and very best regards, Marta, Tuscany, Italy Greetings, I meant to email you last week when I received my goblet. It is more beautiful than I had expected! Thank you for getting it done in a timely fashion. Laura, United States Hi Clive and Lucille, I just want to say a huge thank you for the beautiful Cersei wine goblet. It's perfect. It's for my sister who's birthday is shortly. She's a GOT fanatic. Read all the books and has watched the series on loop! She's going to love it!!! Thanks and Regards, Olywyn, Dublin, Ireland Just received my glasses, I must admit I was a little apprehensive on opening them. But they are beautiful, I'm so happy with them, and the craftsmanship is just excellent. I'm sure my son and daughter in law will be just as happy as I am. So lucky to have found them, as you can guess we are all game of thrones fanatics. Once again thank you. Mary,Ireland Dear Mr. Clive and Mrs. Lucille, Firstly, I want to inform you that I have received the order. With this letter I hereby wish to thank you for understanding and patience during delivery process of my order. Furthermore, I would like to point out that your company appreciates your devotion to your work with clients. Also, I want to admire high quality of products (Glasses are amazing). Thank you so much again for your time and considerate. I wish you a lot of success in your business. Yours sincerely B.H.,Moscow, The Russian Federation Dear Clive and Lucille thank you for this most excellent Gladius sword 🗡️! An education on Rome as soon as it was in my hand. Brilliant for aiding period fiction writing and illustrating. Truly the most fearsome and deadly looking sword in my collection! Which is an odd collection indeed for a pacifist to own. Good will to you from Nigel. Nigel, Scotland Julie and Scott Foster Lapine Oregon USA I ordered the Scottish Derk back in February for my husbands birthday and it arrived on March 7th which is in fact was his Birthday and he was so excited to get it. Great job on packing as it is in perfect condition! We just wanted to let you know how much we liked the item and and thank you for making his special day wonderful! Best regards.....Julie and Scott Foster Lapine Oregon USA .

The 17th century was a period of huge political and social upheaval. From an age characterised by the Crown's tight control of the state, the century witnessed years of war, terror and bloodshed that enveloped the kingdom, as well as the execution of Charles I and the introduction of a republic. The Merchant Venturers offer you high quality products and they strive to look for authenticity of each and every single one of these items. Form our historical and blown glassware to our reenactment equipment covering any period. Filter by Category All Leather Goods Horn & Bone Items Hand Forged Items Wooden items Lanterns & Candleholders Daggers, Seax Glassware Knives and Cutlery Helmets Swords Best Sellers Price £2.50 £485.00 Sort by Pewter Spoon Price £12.00 Tankard with milled glass thread, Newcastle Price £29.00 Best Seller Rummer Price £29.50 Small roemer, Rembrandt Price £25.00 Berkemeyer Price £27.50 Tankard Price £25.50 Medicine bottle Price £15.50 Beer glass with kick up bottom Price £18.00 Spiral decorated beer glass Price £20.00 Medical Urinal Price £12.50 Octagonal Passglass Price £29.50 Round Passglass Price £26.50 Passglas with blue milled thread Price £32.50 Small Blue Mary Rose Bottle Price £16.00 Blue Mary Rose Bottle Price £19.00 Best Seller Water Barometer Weatherglass Price £18.50 Decorated Water Barometer Weatherglass Price £21.00 Shot glass Price £11.00 Drinking Cannon Price £29.00 Water lens Price £35.00 Wine glass with air bubble Price £30.00 Wine glass with spherical leg Price £30.00 Onion Bottle Price £27.50 Onion Bottle with handle Price £35.00 Small Onion Bottle Price £25.00 Ribbed Rummer Price £29.50 Horn bowl Price £16.50 Bone Dice, set of 3 Price £4.00 Powder Horn Price £21.00 Horn plate Price £22.50 Horn Spoon Price £5.00 Best Seller Sword Belt- Brown Leather Price £35.00 Hand Forged Candle-holder with Nail Price £4.50 Knife with Wooden Handle, 23.5 cm, incl. Sheath Price £15.00 Cutlery set Horn Price £27.50 Knife and fork, iron/bone Price £27.00 Knife with Bone handle Price £12.50 Best Seller Forged twisted S-Hook Price £4.00 Best Seller Forged Iron S-Hook Price £2.50 Wooden bowl Price £11.50 Cutlery set Bone Price £27.50 Bollock Dagger Price £55.00 Peaked Morion helmet with leather liner Price £65.00 Bollock Dagger with Leather Sheath, 15th c. Price £165.00 Musketeer Main Gauche Price £105.00 Swept Hilt Basket Rapier with Wire-Wrapped Grip Price £125.00 Pappenheimer Rapier Price £125.00 Munich Town Guard Sword Out of stock

Tom Hardy stuns West Sussex festival with appearance at medieval jousting competition ‘Random day out in the English countryside nipping to the shops,’ actor wrote alongside photos of himself in suit of armour Patrons of the Loxwood Joust in Billingshurst, West Sussex , were treated to an unlikely Hollywood performance as Tom Hardy donned a suit of armour for the medieval festival. On Instagram, the Venom star shared a number of photos and videos of himself taking on other enthusiasts in a medieval-themed brawl. The immersive festival features a jousting competition, royal banquet and displays of medieval weaponry like cannons and archery. “This might have happened today… Random day out in the English countryside nipping to the shops,” Hardy shared on his Instagram Story on Sunday (13 August). On Saturday Tom Hardy was visiting with his wife, actress Charlotte Riley, and their two children. He shopped with Clive and Lucille from The Merchant Venturers and purchased two daggers and a helmet. "It took me a while to realize who he was" says Lucille "and I regretted not asking him for a picture!". To her surprise Tom was at the event again on Sunday. "You look an awful lot like Tom Hardy" she managed to say this time, to which his reply was; "that is because I am". To her delight she did get her picture with him and was able to get some more pictures of him whilst he was entering the fight. ​

Filter by Category All Leather Goods Horn & Bone Items Hand Forged Items Tapestries Wooden items Lanterns & Candleholders Glassware Candles Knives and Cutlery Jewellery Scissors & Snips Daggers, Seax Christmas Baubles Helmets Swords Price £1.85 £495.00 Period Roman Viking Saxon Medieval 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century Sort by Viking War Chief Helmet - 18 gauge Price £135.00 New Viking Horn Comb Price £7.50 New Stainless Steel Folding Knife - Bone Handle Price £24.00 Medieval Horn Die / Dice Price £2.50 New Medieval One-Handed Sword Leather hilt Out of stock New Medieval Leather Belt with Brass Ring 150cm Black Price £22.00 New Medieval Leather Belt with Brass Ring 150cm Brown Price £22.00 New Medieval Leather Belt with Brass Ring 190cm Black Price £25.00 New Medieval Leather Belt with Brass Ring 190cm Red Price £25.00 New Medieval Leather Belt with Brass Ring 190cm Brown Price £25.00 New Viking Winningas, Herringbone Pattern Red Price £17.50 New Viking Winningas, Herringbone Pattern Brown Out of stock New Viking Winningas, Herringbone Pattern, 7 m Length Red Yellow Price £22.50 New Viking Winningas, Diamond Twill, 7 m Length Green Price £22.50 Best Seller Lady and the Unicorn Desire Medium Price £100.00 New Medieval Leather Pouch with Beltloop, brown Price £15.00 Best Seller Cersei Wine Glass Price £32.50 Best Seller Engraved Wineglass Price £32.50 Best Seller Shot glass with air bubble Price £23.50 Best Seller Rummer Price £29.50 Best Seller Lannister Wine Glass Price £34.00 Horn Mug Price £32.00 Best Seller Horn Cup Price £12.50 Knife with Wooden Handle, 23.5 cm, incl. Sheath Price £15.00 New Viking Long Seax with Bone Grip in Jellinge Style, 10th c. Price £99.00 Hand Forged Steel medieval Dagger Price £49.00 New Saxon Sword with Scabbard Price £110.00 Solingen Rapier Price £389.00 New Medieval Mace Price £69.00 Medieval Mace British Museum Out of stock Taza Cup-Hilt Rapier Price £485.00 New Medieval One-Handed Sword Out of stock New Lake Neuchâtel Arming Sword with Scabbard, 13th C Price £135.00 Horse Head Falcata (Kopis) Price £110.00 War Hammer, Raven's Beak Price £57.00 New Wooden Display stand for Daggers and Swords 2 Mount Out of stock Best Seller Wooden Display stand for Daggers and Swords Out of stock New Horn bowl 21cm Price £23.50 New Sword Frog Price £12.50 New Adjustable Belt Holder for Drinking Horns, Leather Embossed Price £9.50 Adjustable Frog for Swords, Leather Price £23.50 New Leather Drinking Horn Holder with Buckle, dark brown Leather Emboss Price £8.50 New Dice Shaker, Leather with Embossed Dragon Motif, Jelling Style, dark brown Price £8.50 New Dice Shaker with Lid, Leather with Embossed Vegvisir, brown Out of stock Best Seller Axe belt holder with forged ring Price £11.50 Adjustable Belt Holder for Dagger, Leather Price £8.50 Sword Belt- Leather Price £35.00 Viking/Early medieval long belt from cowhide Price £32.50

Knives and spoons appeared long before the two pronged fork which didn’t become a fixture at dining tables across Europe until 1533 when Catherine De Medici, wife of Henry II, brought them back to France from a trip to Italy and sparked a whole new trend. Filter by Price £5.00 £68.00 period Roman Saxon Viking Medieval 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century Sort by New Stainless Steel Folding Knife - Bone Handle Price £24.00 Knife with Wooden Handle, 23.5 cm, incl. Sheath Price £15.00 Roman Utility Knife with bone hilt Price £22.00 Knife with Horn handle Price £15.00 Knife with Horn handle Price £12.50 Knife with Bone handle Price £12.50 Knife with Bone handle Price £12.50 Cutlery set Horn Price £27.50 Cutlery set Wood Out of stock Cutlery set Bone Price £27.50 Cutlery set Horn Price £27.50 Cutlery set Bone Price £27.50 Knife and fork, iron/bone Price £27.00 Horn Spoon Price £5.00 Finger (Neck) Knife with sheath Price £19.50 Finger (Neck) Knife Price £16.00 Best Seller Folding Knife with Bone Handle Scales Price £12.50 Pewter Spoon Price £12.00 Damascus Steel Utility Knife, Bone/Wood Handle & Leather Sheath Price £45.00 Best Seller Commando knife Price £20.00 Best Seller Sgian Dubh Knife with sheath and brown wooden handle Price £20.00 Hand-Forged Medieval Surgical Kit with leather bag Out of stock

The 16th century, 1500 to 1599, a century littered with discovery, exploration and creative invention, Shakespeare, Copernicus, Michelangelo, Luther. One of the pivotal centuries in human history, a time when the overall organization and structure of human society went through a fundamental change. The Merchant Venturers offer you high quality products and they strive to look for authenticity of each and every single one of these items. Form our historical and blown glassware to our reenactment equipment covering any period. Filter by Category All Glassware Swords Helmets Daggers, Seax Lanterns & Candleholders Horn & Bone Items Leather Goods Hand Forged Items Wooden items Best Sellers Knives and Cutlery Price £2.50 £165.00 Sort by Medieval Horn Die / Dice Price £2.50 Knife with Wooden Handle, 23.5 cm, incl. Sheath Price £15.00 Octagonal Passglass Price £29.50 Round Passglass Price £26.50 Small Blue Mary Rose Bottle Price £16.00 Blue Mary Rose Bottle Price £19.00 Passglas with blue milled thread Price £32.50 Hexagonal glass with blue foot Price £19.00 Medicine bottle Price £15.50 Beer glass with kick up bottom Price £18.00 Spiral decorated beer glass Price £20.00 Octagonal Beaker, Norwich Price £17.50 Medical Urinal Price £12.50 Maigelein Price £15.00 Beaker, crackled Price £21.00 Small glass, optic blown Price £15.00 Spiral Decorated Jug Price £39.00 Glass Tankard Price £27.00 Stangenglas With Spiral Decoration Price £26.00 Heptagonal wine glass Price £29.50 Goblet with pointed prunts Price £32.50 Wine glass with blown leg Price £29.50 Optic Blown Beaker Price £15.50 Champagne glass with blown leg Price £29.50 Wine glass, optic blown Price £28.00 Venetian painted beaker Out of stock Berkemeyer Price £27.50 Tudor Burgonet Price £75.00 Horn bowl Price £16.50 Horn plate Price £22.50 Horn Spoon Price £5.00 Bone Dice, set of 3 Price £4.00 Bone Die ring and dot Price £2.50 Best Seller Sword Belt- Brown Leather Price £35.00 Hand Forged Candle-holder with Nail Price £4.50 Cutlery set Bone Price £27.50 Cutlery set Wood Out of stock Cutlery set Horn Price £27.50 Knife with Bone handle Price £12.50 Knife with Bone handle Price £12.50 Knife with Horn handle Price £12.50 Best Seller Forged twisted S-Hook Price £4.00 Best Seller Forged Iron S-Hook Price £2.50 Wooden bowl Price £11.50 Knife with Horn handle Price £15.00 5 Golden Doubloons Price £10.00 5 Golden Doubloon Felipe II 1556to1598 Price £10.00 5 "Silver" Pieces Of Eight Price £10.00

We are so honoured that the HBO series got in touch with us to supply them with glass. Now you can also own a hand blown historical glass featured in Game Of Thrones and House Of The Dragon. Filter by Category All Glassware Horn & Bone Items Best Sellers Price £29.50 £42.50 Sort by Best Seller Roman Jug Price £36.00 Best Seller Cersei Wine Glass Price £32.50 Best Seller Rummer Price £29.50 Best Seller Roman carafe Price £42.50 Best Seller Lannister Wine Glass Price £34.00 Horn Mug Price £32.00

Sword Legal in the UK? Currently, as the items we sell are replicas, you do not need to have a permit for these items. All products sold on our website are legal to buy and own in the UK if you are aged 18 years and over. Any swords bought must be held in your home, and are not allowed in public without a valid reason. You may carry a sword outside the home, for going to and from an engagement such as using the sword as a prop in a sport, re-enactment or stage combat/acting, as long as it is fully covered. Samurai and other curved blades were originally banned from sale in April 2008. An amendment of this act was passed months later in August 2008, allowing curved and Samurai swords, which are handmade using traditional forging methods before 1954, to be sold without a license. All the swords sold on our site are legal to own in the UK. Due to legislation passed in 1988, we do not sell the following products due to them being made illegal to import or sell in the UK: – Push Daggers – Butterfly Knives – Blowpipes – Sword Canes – Gravity Knives – Knuckle Dusters – Throwing Stars For a more detailed breakdown please refer to the OFFENSIVE WEAPONS ACT 2019. news.npcc.police.uk/releases/offensive-weapons-act-2019-bans-the-possess... Following a public consultation, in August 2023 the Government announced that it intends to legislate to introduce a range of new knife crime measures, including a ban on machetes and certain other large knives, a new police power to seize and destroy bladed articles, increased maximum penalties for offences relating to sale and supply, and a new offence of possession of a bladed article with the intention to endanger life or cause fear of violence. The Government has now introduced these measures in the Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24, which is currently in committee stage in the Commons. Sections 2.3 and 3.2 of the Library’s briefing on the Bill provide further details. www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives The Law UK Law forbids the sale of weapons of alcohol to persons under the age of 18. As such we are unable to sell either of these items to those people lucky enough to be under the age of 18. It is NOT illegal for somebody under the age of 18 to own a weapon, just illegal for us to sell them one. Parents or generous relations are welcome to purchase these items for persons under the age of 18 but we do remind you that these items can maim or kill so caution is advised. So what is a “weapon”? Any item on our site that can cause injury or death is classed as a weapon. Yes, we know that you cause injury with a plastic or wooden sword etc. In general anything made of steel and pointy, sharp or designed to club people will be restricted to sale to people over the age of 18 only. Projectile weapons such as crossbows are also restricted in the same way. We age check all our customers by verifying they are at least 18 years old. With regards to our sharp or sharpened items we must, by law, request proof of age and address in the form of a passport or driving license.

Horn and Bone We make use of a variety of natural materials to bring you our extensive collection of items and Historical Reproductions. Our raw supplies are sourced ethically from renewable resources, often recycling a ’waste’ product from the meat industry and as a result preventing it from ending up in landfill. The majority of our finished products are biodegradable and/or recyclable, making a truly ecological product. ​ HORN ​ Our domestic cattle, here in the UK, have been selectively bred so they no longer grow horns, this has been done to prevent the cattle from harming one another and consequently damaging the product they are reared for e.g. hide or meat. We therefore use horn from Ankole Cattle sourced as a by-product of the meat industry in Nigeria. With more space to roam their horns are left to grow, producing the very large, distinctive horns with both great length and circumference that are ideal for use in horn working. ​ Horns are the pointed projections, from the forehead of animals such as bison, sheep, goats and cattle, they start to grow soon after birth and continue to grow throughout the life of the animal. Unlike members of the deer family both the male and the female have horns. Horn consists of two distinct parts: a short inner core of living bone and an outer covering of horn. This outer covering is made of keratin (the same material as our nails and hair) and is more or less hollow except for the very tip. Cow horn has thermoplastic properties, which means it can be softened and made malleable by heating. It can then be bent, shaped and moulded into various contours to create the wonderful horn products in our range. Un-worked cattle horn has a rough dull surface, however after sanding and polishing the horn takes on a smooth glossy appearance, it is only at this stage that it’s true colours appear. While cattle horn can be nearly any colour, it is generally a light creamy colour, sometimes streaked with white, brown or black patches; take a look at a few of our images to see the range of colours that can be found. NB. No two pieces will ever be the same and the colours you receive will vary from those pictured. ​ BONE ​ We use the shinbone of domestic cattle sourced as a by-product of the Chinese meat industry. The bone is already cleaned, bleached and processed before we purchase it. ​ Bones are the rigid organs that form part of the skeleton of all vertebrates and are composed mainly of Calcium Carbonate. They serve to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body. Bone is not a uniformly solid material, but has a honeycombed internal structure, this gives it it’s rigidity making it lightweight, yet strong and hard. The hard outer layer of the bone is composed of compact bone tissue, also referred to as dense bone, so-called due to its minimal gaps and spaces. Only the very densest shinbone is used which has the thickest hard outer layer. Bone looks similar to ivory but it is lighter in weight and usually not as white. A polished bone surface usually has small pits and what appears to be a lightly scratched surface; these are the exposed "tunnels" that permeate the bone. The soft flowing lines and smooth milky white appearance of a bone spoon is only the start, it is soft and warm to the touch and is more resilient and durable than horn. Over a period of time bone absorbs oils from your skin and changes colour to a very light honey gold. BUFFALO HORN ​ Water Buffalo horns come mostly from India and Thailand. These horns are from the Asian buffalo, bred for domestic purposes and are widely used because the animal is not a protected species unlike its African counterpart. ​ Buffalo horn is made up of dense layers of fibres that have a very hard and durable surface, it resembles Cattle Horn greatly in its structure, however the walls are much thicker and more of the tip is solid. Buffalo horn is nearly always entirely black and quite heavily ridged along the inner side curve; it is flatter and far more rectangular than cow horn. When given a high polish buffalo horn develops an extremely hard surface and has to be one of the toughest natural materials. ​ FIX THE PLANET We make use of a variety of natural materials to bring you our extensive collection of items. Our raw supplies are sourced ethically from renewable resources, often recycling a ’waste’ product from the meat industry and as a result preventing it from ending up in landfill. The majority of our finished products are biodegradable and/or recyclable, making a truly ecological product.