Buffalo Horn

[vthompson]

I got a pleasant surprise from my wife today.She got a package in the mail and told me that it was for me from her. I opened it up and it was a pair of buffalo horns.
We were talking the other day and I was telling her about powder horns and how that I would like to try to make my own. So she got sneaky and ordered them for me.
I am going to start sanding and scraping on one of them tomorrow and I will try to take some pictures and document the process so that you guy's can have a look at my project.

 

[BrownBear]

Looking forward to your progress. Post lots of pics.

A friend gave me a pair from a buff he shot recently, and they were sawed off at the base and hung around for awhile with the cores in place.

Yeah, right.

A little "high" by the time they got to me. I chucked them in the freezer for now, and been looking for an excuse to thaw them and deal with the cores.

And you're it!!!

 

[nw_hunter]

Now that's the kind of sneaky wife a feller needs :grin: Sounds like something my wife would do.Put on the nose pins and let the fun begin!

 

[ladysmithtrading]

Do yourself a favor, if they are raw horns, start with a rasp and take all the scaly stuff off with that, then progress down with files until your at the sanding point, will go much quicker!

 

[Flint311]

I am going to start sanding......

No buddy, you're going to start by giving your wife a hug!! Congrats! (on both) :wink:

 

[vthompson]

I already gave her a big ol' hug and I made her pucker up also. She really surprised me with the horn's.