horn sites to buy from....................

[bob1961]

i have hide and furs website but i looked at some others just in the past couple of days i seemed not to save :shake: ....so i need ya guys to post some websites that ya buy yers from, thx :v .............bob

 

[blacksmithman64]

Try this buffler [url] www.powderhornsandmore.com[/url] Don't tell nobody!

 

[dlpowell]

I buy from the local Tandy Leather a lot. So much so, my cost on a horn is $8.00. So I usually buy 3 or 4 at a time.

 

[bob1961]

thanks wolf....that's the one i looked at and lost before i saved it :hatsoff: :v .............bob

 

[ricktwin]

You might try[url] www.trackofthewolf.com[/url], they usually have some good horns available.

Ron

 

[tundrawolf]

buying horns ?? here ive been chasing the neighbors bull through the pasture with a saw .try going to a meat processor and ask about horns sometimes you can get them for nothing .stink a bit occasionnaly though .im working on one now that i got that way.it does take a little more elbow grease .

 

[ricktwin]

buying horns ?? here ive been chasing the neighbors bull through the pasture with a saw .try going to a meat processor and ask about horns sometimes you can get them for nothing .stink a bit occasionnaly though .im working on one now that i got that way.it does take a little more elbow grease .

Now that brings back memories! I used to work for a large animal vet when I was in high school and when we made a call to de-horn cattle, or if there were some cattle that couldn't be saved, I always made a point to ask for the horns if they were any size at all. I took the small ones and either made flat or priming horns out of them. I carried a saw in the truck just in case. I also got a few goat horns and some rams horns this way. I remember the first time boiling them to get the core out ... make sure this is done outside, not in the basement like I did!

 

[tundrawolf]

how do the goat/rams horns hold up ? have you ever sanded one down ?

 

[ricktwin]

how do the goat/rams horns hold up ? have you ever sanded one down ?

The goat and rams horns are as good as any of the bovine horns. You just have to be more creative when trying to decide where to place the spouts because of the obvious curving, but hey, that's part of the fun. The goat horns I managed to get didn't have much hollow, so weren't very good for powder horns. I ended up drilling most of them out into various sizes of measures.

Ron

 

[Norskie]

I've used goat horn to make handles for canes. It has a good texture for that. Wonder how it would do as a knife haft.
Moose

 

[cgillock]

buying horns ?? here ive been chasing the neighbors bull through the pasture with a saw .try going to a meat processor and ask about horns sometimes you can get them for nothing .stink a bit occasionnaly though .im working on one now that i got that way.it does take a little more elbow grease .

Now that brings back memories! I used to work for a large animal vet when I was in high school and when we made a call to de-horn cattle, or if there were some cattle that couldn't be saved, I always made a point to ask for the horns if they were any size at all. I took the small ones and either made flat or priming horns out of them. I carried a saw in the truck just in case. I also got a few goat horns and some rams horns this way. I remember the first time boiling them to get the core out ... make sure this is done outside, not in the basement like I did!

Stick them buttend first in a fireant hill & they will do the cleaning for you.

 

[RICKYD]

Do you have many sale barns (cattle)in your area ?
Down here alot of times these old cow traders will buy a bred cow thru the ring with horns, then send them to the vet chute and have them dehorned. If you can beat the dogs to them i'd bet you could get all you want.