buffalo horn!!!!

[BlackNet]

Just had to share this with everyone. It arrived today and I love it!

This is the other section I got in.

They are 13" horns and I have not measured the volume yet.

Ed

 

Ed, where's the picture of the Buffalo horn. All I see are cow horns. Your buffalo horn didn't post.

 

[BlackNet]

what? Your saying these 2 horns are cow horns and not bubalus bubalis (buffalo)? What makes you say it's cow?

Ed

 

[musketman]

what? Your saying these 2 horns are cow horns and not bubalus bubalis (buffalo)? What makes you say it's cow?

Ed

As you can see, a bison's horn has a sharper bend in it, a thicker base section and no curl in the tip area...

That is not to say that someone didn't heat up the horn and put the curl in it, but it's highly unlikely...

 

[Bountyhunter]

My first thoughts when I looked at those horns are that they are from the Mexican Corriente steer. Bos bos, as opposed to bubalus bubalis. They look like cattle horn to me. Here is a link to bubalus bubalis pictures showing their horns.[url] http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Bubalus.html[/url]

 

[BlackNet]

WHAT?

So tell me what this image is.

 

[Birdman]

Ed one other give away on yer horns is the color. I have never seen ANY buff horn with anything except black as its color. The horns ya posted have white n brown colors in them which more or less tells me ya got ripped off. Buff horn is real stringy grain wise from those I have seen and these just don't have that look, sorry. YMHS Birdman

 

[Bountyhunter]

My brothers ex-wife?

 

[BlackNet]

sorry dude but you way wrong, buffalo horn comes in black mostly but can have streaks of white, honey and green.

This is imported indian water buffalo horn.

some images from a web search.

 

[BlackNet]

forgot one.

this buffalo does not have black horns.

Ed

 

[Bountyhunter]

She will have when she gets grown.

 

[BlackNet]

so what are these then?

Link

 

[soggy]

:hmm: Looks like we got two different types of critter here.........water buffalo and ..........bison. I can't say for sure cause we ain't got neither up here in Nova Scotia :grin:
Soggy

 

[Deadeye]

There are many different kinds of Buffalo, not sure which kind you thought your cow horns were.
I think most readers thought you were thinking Bison.

 

[BlackNet]

there's several types of buffalo on the planet. What most people in north america thinks of when they hear buffalo is the classic american buffalo but they total overlook the water buffalo. My dad was in 'nam and he has seen horns like both of these on water buffalo and many many many shapes and sizes on the same ones.

the above skull that I posted came from skulls unlimited and they list it as water buffalo. also note the non-black colors in it.

the scales I posted are water buffalo horn imported from india. the company I bought them from imports them directly and they have a huge amount of them.

Ed

 

Look at bountyhunters link and look at the skull.Looks like water buffalo to me.Look at the top right picture of the link and you will see the differences in the cattles horns.The horns on these are all different shapes.

 

I thought you were talking american buffalo, Bison bison. I don't know why those scientifics have to say it twice but they do. I heard them the first time. :grin: American buffalo horns are brown to almost buff looking when they are photograped on the critter. That's because of the dirt and the lighting situations. They do a lot of digging with those horns to create wallows. Buffalo are like BIG pigs that way. They like to cake up with mud and dirt and wallow in it to get rid of pesty little ticks and skeeters. If ya kill one and take his horns off for a powder horn or a spoon ya have black stringy looking grain and lots of wrinkles around the base. The horns you have may be from India or Africa if they ARE buffalo horns. You could take the white base off of the first horn and make a powder horn if you want it to look like Bison or american buff horn. It could then look like a buffalo cow horn. Buffalo cows have a little curl in their horns and are much daintier in shape and profile. Buffalo bull horns have a wide base and are thicker with just a curve with very little curl at all. Just enough to tell whether it was a right or a leftey. Anyway, cow horn makes a fine utensil or accoutrement too. So, don't feel to bad. You can also make muzzlecaps for European rifles out of those if they are Water Buffalo horn.
Cheers, :hatsoff:
Don

 

[musketman]

there's several types of buffalo on the planet. What most people in north america thinks of when they hear buffalo is the classic american buffalo but they total overlook the water buffalo.

You are correct, I too thought you meant the North American bison, for that I apologize...

 

[musketman]

what? Your saying these 2 horns are cow horns and not bubalus bubalis (buffalo)? What makes you say it's cow?

Ed

Well, I for one didn't see the bubalus bubalis specification...

I guess they are what you ordered, wow, I learned something new today... (besides eating a slice of humble pie)

 

[Bountyhunter]

Here is a pair of horns off of a cow American Bison that my wife shot.