Thuy Ung Horn sculpture-Oyster-encrusting village

Thuy Ung horn carving village has long been famous for its handicraft products. Born and grown on this traditional land, artisans maintains his father career to create the horn products. With the abundance, the sophistication and high-quality,  products of Thuy Ung have been favored by domestic and foreign markets

Thuy Ung (Hoa Binh, Thuong Tin, Hanoi) is well-known as a horn comb village. But like many other traditional villages, it also faced to economic difficulty. In subsidy period, the buffaloes, cows are used for agriculture. Thus, material for production is not enough. The whole village had to move to the wooden comb, plastic comb for living and the horn comb seem to be eroded.

In order to make a horn comb, workers must do many stages. Each stage requires the workers to be very skillful, carefull. The making process is difficult because all horn comb is completely different from others and workers must depend on their horns to produce. The value of each is not only shown by horn material but also by the processing of workers.

With talented hands, the business acumen, and the psychology of customers knowledge  Thuy Ung villagers has innovated designs, diverse product. Besides traditional combs, he created some new products such as: bracelets, rings, brooches, combs ... with different designs and styles.

With his horn production and Thuy Ung village scale, the raw materials from domestic suppliers do not meet. So Thuy Ung villagers has to import raw materials from other countries such as Laos, Cambodia and other countries in Africa. "Horn of each continent has a different color.  So our products are also more abundant, more colorful, " a villager shared.

Horn comb is the best one for hair. It prevents and fixes broken hair, massages the scalp, maintains circulation, brings nutrients to hair roots. Currently, there are many fake horn combs on the market. Talking to us, he unveiled " to know real horn comb, the simplest and most efficient is combustion. If it is real product, it will become soft, and to a certain temperature it will burn down".

Thuy Ung workshop makes the hundreds of products per day. Currently,  products appear in many shops and  entertainment centers over the country, especially in Hanoi such as Vincom, Trang Tien Plaza, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ngoc Son temple, Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam .....

In order to take advantage of raw materials for environmental protection, villagers does not waste any part of the horn. They uses the smallest piece to make ornaments, even sucks the dust of horn to be sold to farmers as fertilizer. The using all materials is both increasing income and protecting environment.