Smells like ground up bones every time I blow it. Yuk. How do I get rid of the stink?
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Smells like ground up bones every time I blow it. Yuk. How do I get rid of the stink?
I HOPE he doesn't use cow horns!!!There's a man who makes shofars and None of them smell. He's quite a character (I got to meet him last Feast of Tabernacles). His website is http://www.shofarsrus.com/ He prefers that you call him so he can hear the tones in your voice before he suggests a particular shofar for you. He makes them out of all sorts of horns... So interesting!
You have gotten some good advise Guitardood... the olive oil is probably your best solution, as well as airing it out in a dry environment outside.Ya'akov specializes in quality, handcrafted shofars made from raw kudu (Yeminite), eland, blesbok and gemsbok horns from Africa. Each shofar is sterilized, cleaned, made into a shofar, sealed inside and outside, and tuned to play as many notes a possible for that shofar. All larger kudu shofars will play a minimum of 6 notes and some as many as 12.
LOL.. I'd hope he'd rather use Cowbell...
On a serious note, from his website, looks like these are his specialty:
You have gotten some good advise Guitardood... the olive oil is probably your best solution, as well as airing it out in a dry environment outside.
One I had purchased (kudu) about a year and a half ago, came and it had a smell to it similar to the smell one will experience when a Farrier comes to visit the stables... LOL (clipped and seared horse hoof)
Airing it out helped loads. Haven't used Olive oil on it, but once I have it again in my possession, I will
Thanks for this tip, Charles. I've got oil from my last trip and we all ordered shofars and they really stink but those who can blow it sound wonderful! I'll pass this tip along!I got rid of the smell in my Yemen Shofar in one dose. I have "Holy Oil" from Israel which is made with frankincense and Myrrh and olive oil from the mount of olives (in part). It smells wonderful. We use it for anointing. I poured a few drops inside and tipped it back and forth until the inside got coated. The olive oil base causes it to migrate over the entire surface. Now when I blow it, you smell frankincense. It has been treated only once in 5 years.
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