Flat Horn

[Hoyt]

I ordered a flat horn from Crazy Crow's and thought I would post a picture of it. It's flatter than the picture looks..bout 1" out to 5/8" x 3-1/4" oval at the end. Comes with horn and plug and rough. Will need to seal and finish rough edges. Made the two ball bags. Thought I would take some of the shine off the horn and try some scrimshaw on the lighter part.

 

[Hoyt]

Scrimshawed a gobbler on the horn..first attempt and may leave it like it is because of that..but finding out scrimshaw is a learn as you go thing. Have to figure out the little tricks as to which type scratching leaves what type patterns, etc.

 

[Rebel]

No, don't do that. Show us all the photos you take. You do some great work too. :thumbsup:

 

[Hoyt]

Thanks Old Salt..but it's not that good..show your pictures that's how I figure out how to do this stuff, by reading and looking at the pictures and posts from people like you who know what they are doing.
Think I will try to touch it up one more time and that's it.
Then may do one on the other side with it's neck stretched out gobblin.

 

[Hoyt]

Final touch up.

 

[scott k]

Looks real nice,The only thing I see wrong is I think you have a little grass growing in your weeds :crackup: Looks like my yard too.
That's some fine work, you can be proud of :front:
Lehigh..

 

[Hoyt]

I've made a couple attempts at the other side drawing and ended up steel woolin and starting over. I will post a picture when I get it right.

 

[Hoyt]

This is the gobblin gobbler..just a sketch..will have to touch it up and then the scratchin.

 

[roundball]

This is the gobblin gobbler..just a sketch..will have to touch it up and then the scratchin.

I envy your skills...I have trouble drawing a good 'stick-figure' !!

 

[Rebel]

Looks great Hoyt. Like round ball, i can't even draw a pic of Blahman. ::

 

[Hoyt]

Thanks for the compliments men..but I can't draw either..I have to be looking at what I'm drawing..preferably a photograph..I used a picture of mounted turkey for this one..found it on the web on a taxidermy site.
However..the hard part I've found in scrimshaw is figuring out how to scratch what to make it come out how it's supposed to. Every scratch is a black line and everything not scratched is whatever color it was..nuther words if you want white on a spot of black horn.....I may experiment with some colors on this one.

 

[Hoyt]

I guess I could say an indian made it...didn't they do things in color.

 

[Birdman]

Hoyt, what did ya use fer the colored part? Looks right purrty fer sure. I sort of doubt the Natives would have used color the way you did, I would think it would have been more what they added to the horn,ie,feathers, beads, ribbons etc then color on the horn itself. YMHS Birdman

 

[tg]

That is a breautiful piece, and I would agree with the NA thing, they would not have went into such detail either.

 

[roundball]

".....but I can't draw either..I have to be looking at what I'm drawing...I used a picture of mounted turkey for this one....."

I couldn't do that "tracing" a photo, much less just "looking" at a photo !!

Very, very nice work...
:redthumb:

 

[Rebel]

Very nice. So, when you starting into business? ::

 

[Hoyt]

Thanks again for the compliments..Birdman..I just used watercolor paint..which will probably wear off real quick if no hard outer clear sealer is applied. I thought about mashin up some cherries and blueberries for the red and blue..and some melted snow for the white..but didn't know how to get the browns..so just used paint.