Cow Horn

[White Oak]

Anyone have any suggestions on where to obtain horn for powder horns. I enjoy making my own equipment and would like to give working with horn a try.
Living in cattle country I didn't think this would be a problem. So far no luck.
Thanks in advance,
Ed

 

[nebraska steve]

Since about 110% of the cattle in Nebraska are polled breeds it might be a long shot but you could go to a custom packing house and asked them to save horns for your project.

 

[ohio ramrod]

I get all I need from a local slaughter house. :idunno:

 

[FishDFly]

Try NMLRA slassifieds as a resource.

 

[lonewolf465]

I picked up a buffalo horn for $6 a few years back. Made a nice powder horn. Check the internet.

 

[LaBonte]

The following all have websites and sell horns of varying qualities and I have used horns form all three with good luck:
Powder Horns and More

Crazy Crow

Track of the Wolf

 

[Billnpatti]

If you don't find what you want elsewhere, you can always try Dixie Gun Works. I'd exhaust all my other possibilities before going to Dixie because they are usually the highest priced source for everything they carry. On the other hand, if it pertains to black powder and you need it, they usually have it.

 

[qtrhrs7]

Powderhornsandmore. GREAT place :thumbsup:

 

[S.Kenton]

Powderhornsandmore. GREAT place :thumbsup:

I just purchased a horn kit from them. I really like it and wasn't too awful hard on the wallet either.

 

[George T.]

I bought a Powder horn from TOW for around $20 It is nice but plain. It could be carved and decorated and you would have all the needed parts. Geo. T.

 

[Hawgeye]

I've gotten half a dozen unfinished horns off of evil-bay for not too much money. There are a lot of junker horns listed so you need to look at the pictures very close. I have a load of fun making them functional and personalizing them.

 

[canepole]

The sources listed in replies are probably all good. I say it that way because I'm not familiar with all them. I went to a local rendezvous here, and met an Indian from Oklahoma who makes a circuit of like events, and sells unpolished horns.I prefer them to polished, in that you have all their thickness to work with, and you can readily see grain structure,and plan your horn better. If you have any local events that you can visit,you might find what you want there.

 

[lonehunter]

http://www.powderhornsandmore.com/

 

[JDR]

talk to the boys that rope the cattle are mostly long horns Jerry

 

[smo]

Most Tandy Leather stores carry horns :thumbsup:

 

[omarick1948]

With cow horns or any horns, for that matter and the work you have to do to make a quality powder horn. You want to start with a high quality horn that is worth putting alot of time and effort into.

That said, I have somewhere between twenty five and thirty cow horns in my shop and 99% of them horns came from http://www.powderhornsandmore.com/. __ I don't like to fool around anymore coring and cleaning cow horns, when I can buy them fully cleaned and semi-polished and there not those crappy India imported horns that are either way to thin or too thick for a decent powder horn.

JMTCW,
Rick

 

[50cal.cliff]

Along with what Rick, just said I bought some of of Fleabay one time and they had been cored and polished.
Polished with a right angle grinder and so poorly that their was no way to get out the deepest grinding marks.
Several were pretty much thrown away because they had been ground down till they were too thin to eliminate the worst marks, and salvage for anything useful!

So I figure it goes back to the old saying, "you get what you pay for"!

 

[paramedicjake]

100% Powder horns and more . Check out the Horners Bench , it is nothing but powder horn guys and there craft . I would also pick up the book " Recreating The 18th Century Powder Horn " book by Scott & Cathy Sibley . For your first horn go step by step , take your time and you will be proud and happy with what you create . Be sure to pick the correct style and type of horn for the period you wish to portray , if you are going that route . I build a horn to what I like , not much concern to period or whatever .

 

[omarick1948]

Check out the Horners Bench , it is nothing but powder horn guys and there craft .

....and I might add, some powder horn craftswomen also!

Rick :applause:

 

[paramedicjake]

I stand corrected , Thank you . Jake