Basket weave horn

[hawkthrower]

I havn't posted anything for awhile on here, so I thought it was about time. This horn idea arose from a night of to many cold beverages with a fellow horner. I found out right away that the toughest part of building this one was finding a horn that would ( with a little applied heat) fit over another horn. Having a large bin of "that didn't work" horn pieces made it a lot easier.
So here it is.
13 1/2 in around the curve
2 3/8 in at the base with a hollowed out cherry base plug and antler applied button for the strap
Antler applied tip

hope you like it. any and all comments or critique are welcome.

 

[Spikebuck]

Maybe this is a stupid question, but from the description the "basket weave" part is carved from another piece of horn? What holds that in place?

 

[mudd turtle]

lil wooden pins mudd turtle.

 

[lonehunter]

Ron that is quite a horn.
Way to step outside the box. Very nice!

 

[necchi]

That's pretty cool, I've ever seen one like that.

 

[hawkthrower]

Spike the pictures were taken before I pinned the basket weave section on but it fits so tight after being heated and hammered onto the base horn that it probably wouldn't need the pins.
Thank you all for your comments.

 

[davec2]

Hawkthrower,

I LOVE that horn !!!! Wow, what a great idea. Never seen one quite that distinctive. Great design and wonderful execution.

Dave C

 

[hawkthrower]

Dave, that is high praise indeed coming from you. I have always admired your work.

Ron

 

[lonehunter]

Ron, I take it the rear band is horn with wood pegs?
The basket is quite stunning and well executed but the turnings on the base plug, button, and tip are outstanding. Very nice work! :bow:

 

[hawkthrower]

James, you got it right. Its kinda my take on a southern horn with high aspirations. Its getting to be tough to figure out what to try next.
Ron

 

[F.G. Ford]

GREAT HORN!!
What to try next? A tutorial on how you did this beautiful basketweave horn.
Thank you for sharing these pictures.
All the best!
Old Ford ( Fred )

 

[Loyalist Dave]

An amazing masterpiece of functional artwork.

:bow:

LD

 

[BillinOregon]

I'm impressed. Handsome and distinctive and very nicely executed. Good to see you posting again Hawkthrower!

 

[PJC]

Looking past the basket weave, The horn itself looks like it was a pretty nice piece to work with. Having seen a mountain of horns, I can appreciate that they are not all suitable to work with. The horn is excellent and the basket weave pushes it over the top. One of the nicest I have seen.
PJC

 

[Bob Gular]

Waaay outside the box, but who cares?? That is a beautiful piece of work.

 

[Rifleman1776]

The greatest skill of an artist is having vision and ideas. Seeing something like that makes me definetly feel vision deprived.
Plus the skill is also outstanding.
Unique and beautiful. :bow:

 

[Capt. Jas.]

Super nice modern contemporary design. Wonderful execution. Color blend/contrast appealing. I can immediately envision a pouch design for that one.
Now you will be expected to always top your latest creative effort. A gift and a curse.
Thanks for sharing.
pm to be sent
James

 

[MSW]

wow- that's fantastic!

thanks for the post, you got me motivated again!

:thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[hawkthrower]

I started out building almost a horn a day and as Capt Jas. said trying to come up with the next one is often a gift and a curse. That is why it has gotten to the point where it now takes about two weeks or more to come up with a new idea and probably that long to execute it. PJC hit the nail on the head about finding the right horn and in this case it was two of them.
MSW, glad I could help as youall have been my motivation many times.
Thanks to you all for the high praise, its gonna be tough to follow this one.

Ron

 

[omarick1948]

Ron,
I just love when some craftsman comes out and does something totally unique, well made and praised by his admirers! __ It makes all the "Wantabe's" and "Arm Chair Experts" really squirm!

Remember, All powder horns made today are contemporary! ___ Fine horn!

Rick :hatsoff: