Last January on a duck hunt I found a small horn under a mesquite bush next to a desert water hole. I made a small priming horn out of it and posted it some time back. I got the bug to do a few more and posted my first two also. I showed that first priming horn to Roger Mortensen, the Mountain Man, a dealer that I do some buisness with. He gave me two small horns to make primers with, one for him and one for me.
That horn shows in the picture of the two others I’ve done. My personal horn shows an Abert squirrel, one of the great game animals of all time, getting ready for a breakfast of Ponderosa pine cones.
The other horn is done as a tribute to the first George W. He also had a terrorist problem, that time in the N.W. territory. So he sent 3,000 American troops and scouts into Ohio under the command of General “Mad Anthony” Wayne (now there’s a name for an army commander).
General Wayne attacked the Shawnee and their allies under Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket on the Maumee River at a place called Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. That ended the main terrorist threat, for a time, until the war of 1812.
The figures on the horn show the American troops and scouts engaging the Indians. I thought I’d better inlay some brass wire along the spouts so Claude wouldn’t jerk my avatar.
This brings me back to the title of this post. I use a high speed turbine with dental burrs to carve my stocks and horns. The art work is transferred to stencil, pasted on the project and carved. This is not scrimshaw. I have all the knives and such to do scrim, but I lack the artistic talent. My artistic imagination lies in that narrow valley between zero and zilch. I have to copy everything.
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OFFICIAL NOTICE OF INTENT TO PLAGIARIZE!
There are many very good artists posting on this web site doing some really gorgeous work. If I see a carving or engraving that I like, I’m going to copy and use it. Sue me if you want but before you get a lawyer consider this: On Flag Day this year I turned 77. With court systems being in the shambles that it is, by the time you get a court date I’ll be pushing up a bronze plaque and gravel in the national cemetery. Either that or I’ll be an old fart on the witness stand slobbering all over his tie””no jury would ever convict me!
The figures on the Fallen Timber horn are from the book, by Lee Larkin.
If things are slow at the office and you don't have much to talk about, tuck that "coontail" powder measure just peekin' out from behind the office managers desk. There will be plenty to discuss the rest of the week...
In the mean time I’ve got a new 54 Lyman flinter that I have to carve up, wire, and refinish, a 40 drop in barrel coming so I have a combo for the cow elk permit I drew and Mr. Albert the abert. A 54-40 and I’ll fight. A Tansel horn to carve, working up loads, and sight in ought to keep me busy for the summer.
Wirewiz
“There’s no such thing as ancient history.”
P.S. Judy is back in town, so I'll be posting a little bit more often! :haha:
That horn shows in the picture of the two others I’ve done. My personal horn shows an Abert squirrel, one of the great game animals of all time, getting ready for a breakfast of Ponderosa pine cones.
The other horn is done as a tribute to the first George W. He also had a terrorist problem, that time in the N.W. territory. So he sent 3,000 American troops and scouts into Ohio under the command of General “Mad Anthony” Wayne (now there’s a name for an army commander).
General Wayne attacked the Shawnee and their allies under Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket on the Maumee River at a place called Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. That ended the main terrorist threat, for a time, until the war of 1812.
The figures on the horn show the American troops and scouts engaging the Indians. I thought I’d better inlay some brass wire along the spouts so Claude wouldn’t jerk my avatar.
This brings me back to the title of this post. I use a high speed turbine with dental burrs to carve my stocks and horns. The art work is transferred to stencil, pasted on the project and carved. This is not scrimshaw. I have all the knives and such to do scrim, but I lack the artistic talent. My artistic imagination lies in that narrow valley between zero and zilch. I have to copy everything.
Link
OFFICIAL NOTICE OF INTENT TO PLAGIARIZE!
There are many very good artists posting on this web site doing some really gorgeous work. If I see a carving or engraving that I like, I’m going to copy and use it. Sue me if you want but before you get a lawyer consider this: On Flag Day this year I turned 77. With court systems being in the shambles that it is, by the time you get a court date I’ll be pushing up a bronze plaque and gravel in the national cemetery. Either that or I’ll be an old fart on the witness stand slobbering all over his tie””no jury would ever convict me!
The figures on the Fallen Timber horn are from the book, by Lee Larkin.
If things are slow at the office and you don't have much to talk about, tuck that "coontail" powder measure just peekin' out from behind the office managers desk. There will be plenty to discuss the rest of the week...
In the mean time I’ve got a new 54 Lyman flinter that I have to carve up, wire, and refinish, a 40 drop in barrel coming so I have a combo for the cow elk permit I drew and Mr. Albert the abert. A 54-40 and I’ll fight. A Tansel horn to carve, working up loads, and sight in ought to keep me busy for the summer.
Wirewiz
“There’s no such thing as ancient history.”
P.S. Judy is back in town, so I'll be posting a little bit more often! :haha:
