Raw Horn

[RJR]

Any good sources for raw horn out there cheap? I want to make up a simple horn and bag for each of my guns. Also would like to try my hand at making a salt horn or two.

Thanks,
Rick

 

[neal b]

i got a few off e-bay the size i was looking for cheap

neal (50 cal)

 

[fyrfyter43]

www.powderhornsandmore.com

 

[omarick1948]

That depends on what you consider cheap! Good quality raw horns are priced on color, shape and size. The day of cheap raw horns, basically went out with the birds! I buy 90% of my raw horns from John and Linda Shorb at Powderhornsandmore.com

Great people!
Rick

 

[soggy]

I agree with Horner 75. ........... :thumbsup: Powderhornsandmore is the place to buy. I used to get my horns locally but that source dried up so I got in touch with John Shorb when I needed some horns a short time ago. Great people to do buissness with, and his selection was first rate. By the time I figured the price of the horns,the postage and the exchange rate on currencies,. they were a little pricy ...............But worth every penny. When I need more horns in the future that's where I'll be placing an order.
Soggy

 

[zimmerstutzen]

I raise a couple beef a year for meat. I ask the butcher shop to save some horns for me. Now, out of a dozen, I may only get two half decent ones, but the others go for buttons, etc. A buddy raises Scottish Highland cattle and I get the horns whenever he butchers one. Even only one out of three of those is half decent. Depends on what you want to do with them. For powder horns, most beef and dairy breeds have short stubby howns. In addition, the beefers get butchered at 18 months to 26 months, so their horns haven't grown all that much.

 

[RJR]

Have to agree with you all 100%, John has some beautiful horn there and at a great price. I e-mailed him this morning and got a reply from him in no time. Unfortunately, he doesn't carry any unpolished (raw) horn. When I get in the mood to work on a horn, I enjoy starting with a raw horn and doing the filing and scraping and glassing to bring it to a fine smooth finish the way I learned when I first started in muzzleloading. They never come out gorgeous like Horner75's do and I don't do any scrimshaw. I hand carve a simple butt plug to the natural shape, seal it with wax and carve the spout plug after I drill it. I just like doing the old style simple frontier horn. Besides, they're something nice to give to a young shooter starting out (that's how I got my first horn).