Flattened Day Powder Horn.

[fatboy]

I think its very nice

 

[jethro224]

:thumbsup: Very nice. I really like the color.

 

[Noeyebrows]

That looks great. I'm just getting started on horn work. I have a horn that has a very oval base that I think would press flat really nice and make a good priming horn, but I dont know how it's done... Do you heat the horn up and press it under a heavy flat object?

 

[omarick1948]

Andy, It's a little more involved than that! I sent you a PT!

Thanks,
Rick

 

[gmarc]

MIGHTY nice horn.........understated elegance.

What was your procedure for flattening?

 

[Deadeye]

I love flat horns, only problem is since I made a flat one I don't like to use the dozen or so round horns that I used to think were great but now think are too big and bulky. Gotta make some more flat ones. Yours is excellent.
Deadeye

 

[omarick1948]

MIGHTY nice horn.........understated elegance.

What was your procedure for flattening?

Heat gun and horn press!

 

[Noeyebrows]

Thanks for the link Rick

 

[Ken Cormier]

wow wicked sweet

 

[woodse guy]

How do you know how big to make the mold for the inside so you get the horn flat?

 

[omarick1948]

I made several sizes of interior forms and then use the one that fits best for the horn I'm flattening!

 

[woodse guy]

This is what I was think about doing. I was going to put the horn on a piece of paper and trace around it to use as my pattern for the interior mold. This would make the mold the same size as the horn before I flatten. Is this going to work. In my thinking the mold should be about the size of the horn after I flatten it.

 

[omarick1948]

I made several sizes of interior forms and then use the one that fits best for the horn I'm flattening!

Woodse, You do it the way you are talking about and your horn will still be wider when you start to flatten it! ... Sometimes you have to just experiment. There is no one answer, as all horns are different!

Rick

 

[ladysmithtrading]

QUIT SITTING ON THEM HORNS RICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, THEY HAVE FEELINGS TOO YA KNOW! :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[BillinOregon]

Rick: Love to see a photo of your horn press.

 

[woodse guy]

The horn that I have is bigger then I want the finished horn to be is it better to cut it off shorter before or after you flatten them.

 

[ladysmithtrading]

Yes!

 

[woodse guy]

I'll take that as 6 one way half dozen the other.

 

[ladysmithtrading]

It's easier to cut the horn to length and then make the jigs for inside the horn for flattening

 

[omarick1948]

Rick: Love to see a photo of your horn press.

I press I use, is no more than an old antique Book Binding Press!