Buffalo Horn

[hoochiepapa]

great minds think alike, BB!! That's exactly what I did.

 

[crockett]

Can a curved drill be made???? I never thought about it but maybe I'll work on that one. You could have an abrasive ball attached to a steel cable. The cable is then run though a curved tube. The ball sticks out the end of the tube to cut/drill. You bend the tube to the shape of the horn and as the ball spins and cuts a hole the curved tube is run into the horn. Might work.
Right now I was thinking about a curved rod- heated red hot- and burned through the horn- don't want to do that inside.

 

[George]

Can a curved drill be made????

If you drill a curved hole, won't you have to use a curved plug? :grin:

I never had a mentor when I was getting into this game, but later I met up with a grand old man who's thing was BP shotguns, and he taught me a lot of what I know about them. He lived alone and made a few bucks turning out black powder accessories, some powder horns. I wound up with this buffalo horn he made shortly before he died in the early 1980s, when his hand was no longer steady and his eyes dimmed. I've never really used it, but he was a dear friend, and I keep it hanging where I see it most every day, just to remember Paul.



Spence

 

[hoochiepapa]

Good memories and nice horn, Spence.

 

[hoochiepapa]

...and that's how the plug fits so well. When I cut it off, I drilled out the hole in the horn with a 1/4" drill and used a 1/4" dowel for a stopper and glued it into the tip.

 

[Rifleman1776]

If you drill a curved hole, won't you have to use a curved plug?

Yes, but yer powder would also miss the muzzle because it would come out in a curve.

 

[rusty]

Spence,that is a very nice horn,great memories as well

 

[crockett]

Depends on the amount of the curve, still, on some horns if the tip has a long solid area, I've had some trouble figuring out how to do it, maybe hollow out the inside area somewhat.