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Post by beaudro on Mar 21, 2008 22:21:41 GMT -5
good enough place for this , i hope. If it sparks enough interest we can make a whole new topic for it. the first one is my latest horn, the second is just some i had laying around. fun to make.
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Post by Buckskin Billy on Mar 21, 2008 22:45:24 GMT -5
good job. very nice work
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Post by beaudro on Mar 21, 2008 22:50:39 GMT -5
here's another good one, got this last year, havn't got it dirty yet. I use my great grandfathers name in re-enactment, he left for the west during the time of the fur trade. he must have been a cool guy to hang out with.
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Post by Grizz on Mar 22, 2008 7:42:55 GMT -5
nice horns. can you put up a more detailed pic of the horn with the brass tacks in the second pic.
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Post by joanne2 on Mar 22, 2008 8:08:51 GMT -5
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Mar 22, 2008 9:25:39 GMT -5
Nice horns Bo what do you use to scrimshaw with ?
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Post by oregondoc on Mar 22, 2008 21:24:32 GMT -5
I just bought some of the sets of files at the cheap tool store to try my hand at horns. On other forums, people refer to a book an the subject. Come payday, I will be looking for a copy of it. Did you teach yourself, or how did you get started? Great looking work. Jon
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Post by phoenix1967 on Mar 22, 2008 22:18:12 GMT -5
Does this make you H%%ny? Yust Yolkin, great lookin powder horns. Scrimshaw has been around fo thousands of years, and if you can draw, you can scrimshaw. Scratch scratch, rub ink in, scratch scratch some more.
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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Mar 22, 2008 22:41:18 GMT -5
I have a cut nail thats been forged into a awl and a chainsaw file and other little files and steel wool and some fine sand paper and I have been useing oil base black paint for the lack of being able to find india ink .When I get through i antique them with rits dye useually orange yellow and a pinch of black .That is if you want it to look old.
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Post by oregondoc on Mar 22, 2008 23:03:33 GMT -5
Well, what ever you are doing it looks great. Jon
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Post by beaudro on Mar 23, 2008 18:56:53 GMT -5
been away from the computer a few, hope everyone is having a great easter! I guess everyone that shoots blackpowder loves a good powder horn. I got sibley's book just yesterday, after making several I figured it was time to buy the instruction book. They use Rit dye, about the way you describe Cody, I can't remember where I seen a source of India ink , but it's on the want list. I just used burned gun powder, just take the soot and rub into the cuts, a little steel wool after that. It's easy to scrimshaw really, like said, if you can draw and take the time to do it nice. Grizz i'll try to get a pic of that horn your referring too, it's a buffalo horn with a maple butt, it's interesting enough, more of making the most out of a screw up, i'll get on the pics. Hope everyones Easter was full of family and freinds, best to all!
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Post by oregondoc on Mar 23, 2008 19:04:07 GMT -5
well, this inspired me. I got out a horn and some files and started last night. The Lady friend had started it a long time ago, I just finished cleaning it up. Kind of fun, starting to look like something. I will post some pics, when the camera makes it home tonight. Thanks for the incentive! Jon
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Post by longtrail on Mar 23, 2008 19:30:14 GMT -5
Beautiful horns. Anyone make priming horns? No flintlock shooters? I love your work. Dlt
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Post by beaudro on Mar 23, 2008 21:49:25 GMT -5
longtrail thats all i shoot, flintlocks, i don't use a priming horn though. I use the same fffg or ffg as I do in the barrel. griz here's that buff horn up close. if you can see it, this horn has a big crack down it, i made the plug as I cut away that portion that was cracking, after it was done it kept on cracking, i sealed it up with pine pitch and kept using it anyway, i'll probably lose all my powder one day, or worse get it wet.
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Post by beaudro on Mar 23, 2008 21:58:03 GMT -5
Oregon, if you take up making powder horns be sure to wear a mask , this stuff isn't good either, It's actually been rewarding for me to make a few, it beats scraping on hides when I'm tired of that also. You can always add to one or modify it , doesn't have to be finished in one night. I like the new book I got, "recreating the 18th century powder horn", scott and kathy sibley. They put some really nice pics in there, and great tips. I might mention for working on horns, you already figured out they are hard to hold, I made a few sandbags , they work really good for bench work. On many horns you'll see a carving on the neck area, like my first pic. That is called ENGRAILING , I had to buy the book to figure out that, I thought first of using a sharp knife to cut that out with,,, duh,, the book says use small wood chisels. I felt pretty stupid using a box of band aids , so I bought a small chisel ... it's true, you can learn something by reading the books. Hope you post a few pics.
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