Koftgari Scrap Gold Melt Value?

[ausjulius]

Originally Posted by Sajen

What I've heard is that Chinese people visit antique shops and look for rhino horn!

hehe theyed be gnawing it right off the tangs..

[Oriental Armament Collection]

Originally Posted by ausjulius

hehe theyed be gnawing it right off the tangs..

I think what you're saying is discriminatory against Chinese people. Chinese people like rhino horns because rhino horns have great medicinal value and are particularly effective for blood disorders.

[Athanase]

Originally Posted by Oriental Armament Collection

I think what you're saying is discriminatory against Chinese people. Chinese people like rhino horns because rhino horns have great medicinal value and are particularly effective for blood disorders.

Sorry but the rhino horns are simply made of matted hair. Therefore, any hair taken from elsewhere on the rhinoceros will have the same composition. This composition is keratin, which is common to all mammalian fur. The differences in color are simply due to melanin and the structure of the hair (but once ground into powder, the structure is irrelevant, the basic composition remains the same: keratin). In short, your own hair will be just as effective as rhinoceros horn...

[werecow]

Originally Posted by Oriental Armament Collection

rhino horns have great medicinal value and are particularly effective for blood disorders.

There is no robust scientific evidence (and no plausible mechanism) for any medicinal effects, and in fact evidence exists that it is ineffective and also potentially toxic.

[Lee]

I think that this thread has run its legitimate course and the better part of wisdom is to now close it.