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Title: Where can i get large bones ie cow pig etc to use for my wife's jewellery hobby
Post by: andy189 on September 22, 2014, 11:34:01 am

Hi everyone my wife's hobby means I need to get large bones off a cow horse pig etc for her jewellery making hobby I don't know any slaughter houses myself hence me asking here thanks in advance andy s.wales..

Title: Re: Where can i get large bones ie cow pig etc to use for my wife's jewellery hobby
Post by: Dogwalker on September 23, 2014, 09:27:30 pm

the butcher??

Title: Re: Where can i get large bones ie cow pig etc to use for my wife's jewellery hobby
Post by: shygirl on September 23, 2014, 09:42:35 pm

buy a whole pig/lamb from butcher - comes with free bones  ;D ;D

id love to see your jewellery as i have some lovely bone items off ebay. amazing detail.

Title: Re: Where can i get large bones ie cow pig etc to use for my wife's jewellery hobby
Post by: devonlady on September 24, 2014, 08:25:43 am

Ask your butcher to get them from an abattoir. They cost nothing and you could resiprocate with a bit of jewellery for his wife maybe. :fc:

Title: Re: Where can i get large bones ie cow pig etc to use for my wife's jewellery hobby
Post by: plumseverywhere on September 24, 2014, 09:19:05 am

How large?  do they need to be sun bleached or anything like that?  I'm assuming abbatoir or butcher personally... I make guitar string jewellery and so get my strings from musicians , similar sort of thing  :)

Title: Re: Where can i get large bones ie cow pig etc to use for my wife's jewellery hobby
Post by: Steph Hen on September 24, 2014, 10:13:45 am

My butcher gives away free big bones for dogs, mans fist size.

Title: Re: Where can i get large bones ie cow pig etc to use for my wife's jewellery hobby
Post by: shygirl on September 24, 2014, 10:15:56 am

Quote from: Steph Hen on September 24, 2014, 10:13:45 am

My butcher gives away free big bones for dogs, mans fist size.

dont ask morrisons - they charge a small fortune    :o :o :o

Title: Re: Where can i get large bones ie cow pig etc to use for my wife's jewellery hobby
Post by: bloomer on September 24, 2014, 11:17:44 am

Find a real butcher who buys in whole beasts rather than just sections, they should have the bigger bones you need you would probably nee to reserve some to be collected next time they get the right thing through for cutting!

Title: Re: Where can i get large bones ie cow pig etc to use for my wife's jewellery hobby
Post by: Daisys Mum on September 24, 2014, 05:36:54 pm

Definitely ask your butcher they have to pay to get rid of them.

Title: Re: Where can i get large bones ie cow pig etc to use for my wife's jewellery hobby
Post by: sokel on September 25, 2014, 07:00:22 pm

We get as many as we want free of charge from the Abattoir for the dogs