AeroncaTAL
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I’m sorry! I couldn’t help myself, really! After the post last December about the fish horn, I started thinking that that would be a fun project to attempt. Well, I must have been thinking out loud, since Brett obviously heard me. On New Year’s day a few of us were at Brett’s making smoke in his pasture, when he asked me to make him a fish horn. In trade he would make me a bag. Well, how could I refuse that? Brett showed you all the bag he made for his part of the trade. Here is the rest, my part of the trade.
I found a perfect oval horn at a local shoe repair shop in Salem, that also sells leather and accessories. The shape of this horn just screamed "Fish"!. The wood for the butt plug/fish head I got in the scrap bin at Woodcrafters. I honestly do not know what type wood it is; they carry a lot of exotic woods. It does have a great tiger figure to it. The fish head was all hand carved and fitted to the horn. And yes, it is hollowed out. The fins at the juncture of the horn body to the neck were carved. The spout plug/tail fin is turned walnut with a carved fin fitted to it. The spout is secured to a double carved ring on the neck with braided rawhide. An old drawer pull was screwed onto the top of the head for the horn strap. I scrimshawed Brett's name and date on the outside face of the horn. On the inside face is a latin saying "Vereor Non Piscis", Fear Not Fish. Some scroll work and fins finish up the scrimshaw.
I finished the horn last night and Brett and I made the trade this morning at the Cabin Fever Rendevous. Here's a picture of the two satisfied traders (and yes, that glare in the background is snow).
The bag is great!. I used it today on the trail walk. Brett did a great job on it. It is like a mini saddle bag, with two main pockets and a third smaller pocket. I love it!.
Scott
I found a perfect oval horn at a local shoe repair shop in Salem, that also sells leather and accessories. The shape of this horn just screamed "Fish"!. The wood for the butt plug/fish head I got in the scrap bin at Woodcrafters. I honestly do not know what type wood it is; they carry a lot of exotic woods. It does have a great tiger figure to it. The fish head was all hand carved and fitted to the horn. And yes, it is hollowed out. The fins at the juncture of the horn body to the neck were carved. The spout plug/tail fin is turned walnut with a carved fin fitted to it. The spout is secured to a double carved ring on the neck with braided rawhide. An old drawer pull was screwed onto the top of the head for the horn strap. I scrimshawed Brett's name and date on the outside face of the horn. On the inside face is a latin saying "Vereor Non Piscis", Fear Not Fish. Some scroll work and fins finish up the scrimshaw.
I finished the horn last night and Brett and I made the trade this morning at the Cabin Fever Rendevous. Here's a picture of the two satisfied traders (and yes, that glare in the background is snow).
The bag is great!. I used it today on the trail walk. Brett did a great job on it. It is like a mini saddle bag, with two main pockets and a third smaller pocket. I love it!.
Scott
