New Horn

[kullas]

Im still kinda new here but have been reading the forum for awhile, All i can say is yall have inspired me. Over the next couple days i will be posting some of the things i have made.
This is the first horn that i made. I made it from a kit. the horn is just that a horn but the scrimshaw is great my hat is off to a forum member possum73

 

[steve free]

Cool looking horn! I think I have seen it before. :hmm:

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Looks good :thumbsup:

 

[kullas]

I believe you have :wink:

 

[kullas]

Thanks

 

[MSW]

nice looking work!

 

[omarick1948]

Nice powder horn. Would look even nicer with some color added!...That's just me thinking out loud. :hmm:

Rick

 

[kullas]

You are correct a little color would be nice. i am thinking of scraping and doing a little shaping on the neck and dye it but i an still debating on it. my next horn i am going to use copper sulfate to dye the horn.
What would be a good way to add some color now that its finished?

 

[Silky921]

Nice. Be proud. What inspired the naval theme?

 

[kullas]

I like old ships, there is just something about ships with sails. Actually I made a couple small brass knapping hammers and traded one to possum73 and in the trade i asked if he could do a little work on my powder horn and i couldnt think of a thing in the world to put on it. i thought of a couple ideas and a ship was one of them. so it was kinda a surprise to me and what a nice surprise

 

[omarick1948]

You are correct a little color would be nice. i am thinking of scraping and doing a little shaping on the neck and dye it but i an still debating on it. my next horn i am going to use copper sulfate to dye the horn.
What would be a good way to add some color now that its finished?

You can take any wax off of it with mineral spirits and put some Aqua Fortis on it and heat with a hair dryer. Repeat if you want darker color.

 

[wes huffman]

Hey I think I've seen that horn before too:grin:

 

[kullas]

I believe you have. It still puts a smile on my face every time I look at it. Thanks again.