horn spoons

[roger fisher]

I made these spoons or ladles from buffalo horn and steer horn.

 

[Flint311]

They look ready for a good venison stew! :thumbsup:

 

[tonybones]

Excellent Fisher.

Bones

 

[Rifleman1776]

Too purty to use. :thumbsup:

 

[Rick Son]

What did you use for cuttin and shapin?Your work always looks nicely finished~Also what type of leather is that on the stings,do you make your own?

 

[roger fisher]

What did you use for cuttin and shapin?Your work always looks nicely finished~Also what type of leather is that on the stings,do you make your own?

I gota confess, for cutting and rough shaping i used a rotery tool. Then after that files and sand paper all the way down to steel wool then a piece of cloth. The shaping process also involves heating the horn to form and bend it. I think most guys who make powder horns use dry heat but I actually boiled mine. You gotta be careful tho , boiling too much will ruin the horn.

 

[VTdeerhunter]

Very nice... :hatsoff:

 

[chance]

Really Awsome!!!

 

[phoenix511]

Nice work!

I saw a historic craftsman making horn spoons using a two-piece mold. Very crude looking book mold using two 2X4's with a hinge. One had a depression, the other a bulge, and when pressed together they formed the hollow part of the spoon.

Looked like he started with a section of horn cut lengthwise, heated it in cooking oil in a big pot, pressed the softened horn in the mold to form the hollow part, then removed the excess material to form the handle.

Said he made the depression in the mold with a bent gouge, and the bulged piece whittled from some scrap and nailed opposite the depression area.

I was amazed at what he did with the softened horn: made a comb, a toothbrush, and some needles. There must be a limit on how far you can bend a softened horn but he never cracked anything, even when making a flat comb.

 

[roger fisher]

Nice work!

I saw a historic craftsman making horn spoons using a two-piece mold. Very crude looking book mold using two 2X4's with a hinge. One had a depression, the other a bulge, and when pressed together they formed the hollow part of the spoon.

Looked like he started with a section of horn cut lengthwise, heated it in cooking oil in a big pot, pressed the softened horn in the mold to form the hollow part, then removed the excess material to form the handle.

Said he made the depression in the mold with a bent gouge, and the bulged piece whittled from some scrap and nailed opposite the depression area.

I was amazed at what he did with the softened horn: made a comb, a toothbrush, and some needles. There must be a limit on how far you can bend a softened horn but he never cracked anything, even when making a flat comb.

I think the trick is boiling them in oil which gets much hotter. I have never tried that ,just plain old water. as I said earlier dry heat would work too but I havent had much luck with it.

 

[Black Hand]

Nice work!

I saw a historic craftsman making horn spoons using a two-piece mold. Very crude looking book mold using two 2X4's with a hinge. One had a depression, the other a bulge, and when pressed together they formed the hollow part of the spoon.

Looked like he started with a section of horn cut lengthwise, heated it in cooking oil in a big pot, pressed the softened horn in the mold to form the hollow part, then removed the excess material to form the handle.

Said he made the depression in the mold with a bent gouge, and the bulged piece whittled from some scrap and nailed opposite the depression area.

I read somewhere that someone brazed 2 cheap spoon bowls to a set of vice-grips and accomplished the same.