Water Buffalo Horn Push-style Cigar Holder/Divot Tool
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This divot tool is made from a domestic Asian Water Buffalo horn (Bubalus bubalis). The domestic Asian Water Buffalo has been an important part of Asian culture for over 5,000 years and has often been called “the living tractor of the East”. There are an estimated 158 million worldwide with 97% in Asia, and of those 50% are in India. They are highly valued for their meat and milk, as well as for labor as draft animals. Their dung is also valued as fertilizer and when dried, a source of fuel. The milk has a high fat content and is the traditional raw material for Mozzarella cheese.
They are very massive animals, often weighing more than a ton, up to 8 feet in length and 6 feet in height. In 1955 a bull was found whose horns measured just over 13 feet from tip to tip but this was most likely a wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee), a much larger species than the domesticated variety with much larger horns. The horn is moderately hard, usually jet black in color but sometimes with green to brownish hues, and takes a very high polish.
This is a very pretty piece with subtle grayish grain lines and white to brownish inclusions. Most Water Buffalo horn is jet black and, while very striking and elegant, sometimes appears plastic. The grain lines give this particular tool a lot of character. I think it's one of the nicer horn tools I've made. It's just shy of 3" in length and 7/8" wide. The cigar cradle is 13/16" long, 11/16" wide and 3/16" deep, suitable for a Panatela or small Corona up to ring gauge 42. Weight is 10.28 grams.
This tool has been designed to be used with a pushing motion as opposed to a lifting motion. Research performed at Kansas State University has shown that repairing pitch marks using a pushing motion is much kinder to the sod's root system, enabling greens to heal faster and is recommended by the Golf Course Superintendents Association.
