For those interested

New Yahoogroups email list specializing in use (mainly historical) of bone, antler, ivory and horn (and associated materials)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Historic-HornAntlerBone/
Just started so difficult to establish the signal to noise ratio, but looks ok.
Need to do more stuff in these materials - needle case, needles, belt features, pins, comb...

Some links for later translation/investigation

Some cool German medievalist shops and groups/research
http://www.luitold.de/ - under WAREN - just randomly wander...eg Nadeln - pins and needles, both metal and bone.
http://www.beinschnitzer.de/ Some cool bone carving stuff - belt buckles, combs etc and instructions/replicas...