Turkey hunting Horn

[Tony Logan]

http://s956.photobucket.com/albums/ae50/TOLogan/turkey hunting horn/
This is my first cow horn, I have 2 bison horns to my credit, I should stick with bison, I can get the color right on them, all black. No I wanted a cow horn to try some scrim shaw for a more personal horn, I stained the whole thing at first and then realized I liked the white better, so I started scraping and sanding and saw something I liked better than plain white, the stain I left added age to it, giving it a nice patina. I even sanded off some of my scrim in the process. I redid some , some I just left faded, I like it anyway, I went with a cedar end plug just to be different and I am going to make a cedar spout plug. I have a matching priming horn planned as well. I do think I will stick with bison after that.

 

[twobarrel]

Not a thing wrong with that horn. Nice color and engrailing. It has good lines.

 

[Tony Logan]

Thanks for the compliment, I am really a novice at this, trying to learn as I go, making mistakes along the way, trying to learn what works and what to never try again,

 

[BillinOregon]

T.O., I wouldn't be discouraged with results like that!

 

[BrownBear]

Well shoot. I'd be proud as can be if I turned out a horn that nice. Well done!

 

[hoochiepapa]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[Bob Riegl]

Ya done good----I wouldn't mind being able to knock one of those off with the amount of experience you've had. The first horn I tried looked so good it ended up in the garbage. Keep up the great work....."Doc" :v

 

[Tony Logan]

I am proud of it, I was just real disappointed when I dyed the body of the horn tan and all these "flaws" appeared on the surface. It made me think it was easier working with a black bison horn. I can cover up my mistakes with black shoe polish.

 

[wattlebuster]

Looks pretty darn good to me :thumbsup:

 

[bowkill]

hey than is nice..

 

[S.Kenton]

good job :hatsoff:

 

[omarick1948]

Nice first horn!....If you don't mind me saying so, you could of slimmed down that spout area more so the lines flow a little more to a more pointed tip diameter. Makes it easier to use when filling a powder measure! Most of the time those horns are a lot thicker walled than you think.

Rick :thumbsup:

 

[Tony Logan]

thanks for the kind words everyone, Horner 75 I could of made the neck smaller. Truth is "I guess I just got tired of filing and wanted to move on to scriming and dying.I wasnt sure how that was going to turn out. i do appreciate the advice, for future horns. There is a lot of work that goes into one of these things

 

[DanC]

Nice lookin' horn.

Dan

 

[omarick1948]

T.O.,

Your absolutely right about the work involved!...then some wonder why they cost a lot more than one of those imported horns from some M/L suppliers! :rotf:

Keep up the good work!

Rick :hatsoff:

 

[Tony Logan]

I have seen a lot of nice horns on this forum, A lot of times when they are sold in the classifieds the amount of work is not fairly reflected in the selling price, There must be people out there like me that make a lot of this stuff just because you enjoy doing it.

 

[MSW]

Nice looking horn!