My first horn

[suzkat]

Just made and stained my first horn. I need to put the staple in it to complete it. I was going to scrim it, but I don't like a couple things I did on it, so I consider it a practice session.

 

[Billnpatti]

Nice looking horn but it does beg for a touch of scrimshaw. Maybe just your name.

 

[fatboy]

well you could practice your scrim then may as well

 

[rusty]

real nice horn...

 

[Tony Logan]

nice first horn

 

[smo]

Very nice horn :thumbsup: What kind of stain did you use?

 

[suzkat]

I used ferric nitrate in denatured alcohol (aqua fortis) then brown shoe polish for aging. Thanks.

 

[omarick1948]

Your horn looks pretty darn good for your first one!

Rick :thumbsup:

 

[Mongo40]

Looks good, nice hunting horn, course I wouldn't be able to leave all that area alone it'd be screaming at me to draw something!

 

[suzkat]

Okay Okay....I'll try to scrim it. What could it hurt. I'm probably going to regret this. My art teacher gave up on me you know.

 

[MFP308]

Then it would be considered from the primitive school of art and more realistic. Nice job so far though.

Mike

 

[omarick1948]

That is your first powder horn and it is a nice horn, so leave it like that and engrave your next horn! ___ With over 500 horns behind my belt, I still have the first one that I made back in 1974 and it is plain as hell! __ That's called memories friend! __ Remember! __ There were a lot more common "plain" powder horns, than there ever were engraved one's!

You did good!... :thumbsup:

Rick

 

[MSW]

Horner, I agree. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. You have a good looking horn, which will serve you well for many years. Do scrim on the next one.

(yes, he's been bitten by the bug - there will be a next one).

 

[smo]

I used ferric nitrate in denatured alcohol (aqua fortis) then brown shoe polish for aging. Thanks.

Thanks for the info :thumbsup: If you do decide to put some scrim on the horn... Remember it ain't nothing a little elbow grease & sand paper won't take off. :wink: Don't ask me how I know... :redface:

 

[ryzman]

hey,
how do you carve the saw tooth design? is there a special chisel or something?

 

[chance]

Really Nice!!!!!

 

[omarick1948]

hey,
how do you carve the saw tooth design? is there a special chisel or something?

Not to hog-in, but that saw tooth design is called engrailing and it can be done a lot of ways! ... Some use chisels, gouges and carving knives. __ Some "fudge" and do it with power grinders, like Dremel tools, but I won't recommend that method, as you can get it trouble very quickly and mess up your engrailing!

If you put a lot of effort in making a horn...finish it out right!

Rick

 

[hanshi]

Dang good job, I say! :thumbsup:

 

[fyrfyter43]

Great job on your first horn! I'm sure you'll soon be working on the next one. It's addicting, ya know!

 

[suzkat]

Sorry Horner75...I gotta admit I Dremeled the engrailing. I had the perfect bit for it and couldn't resist the quick way. Thanks for the encouragement. I am going to leave it alone and start another one. This one is going on my pouch for next season.