Have spent some time last night, and today finishing up 3 powder horns for guys here in South Africa.
As you guys might know, I work with antelope horn most of the time, but this time I have taken a step in the opposite direction. I first have to ask Mr Titus, he worked on 2 cattle horns, both of them flat horns, but both of them he did not finish due to some damage on both. I could not let his hard work go to waste and took it over.
The first one is purely a bag horn, and you can see the scrimshaw work. The bast plug is maple, and the nozzle I've turned from American Wallnut. This horn will be a prize at a BP shooting competition.
The second one is a nyala horn, again antelope. This one I went very basic, but spent plenty time polishing the horn. Antelope horn tends to be much tougher, and drier than cattle horn. This horn is a gift for a friend.
Last one is pictured with the nyala, it is again cattle horn, I've used the tip of the horn from a gnu, and the base plug again is maple, and the stopper is made from kiaat. This horn I will be swopping for a mold.
As you guys might know, I work with antelope horn most of the time, but this time I have taken a step in the opposite direction. I first have to ask Mr Titus, he worked on 2 cattle horns, both of them flat horns, but both of them he did not finish due to some damage on both. I could not let his hard work go to waste and took it over.
The first one is purely a bag horn, and you can see the scrimshaw work. The bast plug is maple, and the nozzle I've turned from American Wallnut. This horn will be a prize at a BP shooting competition.
The second one is a nyala horn, again antelope. This one I went very basic, but spent plenty time polishing the horn. Antelope horn tends to be much tougher, and drier than cattle horn. This horn is a gift for a friend.
Last one is pictured with the nyala, it is again cattle horn, I've used the tip of the horn from a gnu, and the base plug again is maple, and the stopper is made from kiaat. This horn I will be swopping for a mold.
