White Powder Horn
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i don't know of any method to change the color of a horn to white .
you might want to try cross breeding the cows .lol
no offence meant ! just kiddin wit ya !!
work with what you have and maybe the next horn you get will be the coloration your looking for
i don't know of any method to change the color of a horn to white .
you might want to try cross breeding the cows .lol
no offence meant ! just kiddin wit ya !!
work with what you have and maybe the next horn you get will be the coloration your looking for
hawkchucker
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Yup I guess your stuck with it. Were you planning on scrimshawing it? you can use dif. ink other than black.
The best way to make sure you're getting white horn when you order it...is to call in the order and make sure that they note that you want a white horn. I know their blank horns are a little more expensive, but Track of the Wolf is real good about getting you what you want with a call in order.
Preacher :hatsoff:
Preacher :hatsoff:
If you take a look at the inside of the horn, you might notice that the color on the tip of the horn is also the color of the inner layers of the horn down in the body. Sometimes that works in your favor... by luck of the draw I ended up with a nicely shaped horn that had a white body and a jet-black tip. Cutting down through the white to do the engrailing gave me a nice two-tone horn without any need for dye.
The downside of that is that under that little bit of white you have on that horn is probably the gray, yellow, and black you see elsewhere. Be careful you don't go too deep in your shaping or those inside layers will end up on the outside and you'll have no white at all.
I bought a half-dozen horns from an outfit in Texas. I meant to follow up the online order with a phone call to ask for some handpicking but forgot to do so until it was too late. The horns were pretty raw... lots of work scraping them before I could even see their colors clearly. Luck of the draw netted me two horns with white bodies and dark tips -- one of those was a nice shape and the other a bit too straight to be "nice." One is an off-white color with a brown tip, and so thin it is translucent... not much carving to be done on that one, but it will be an interesting piece. The remaining three were dark colors -- fine for plain horns, or horns with a little bit of carving, but not suitable for scrimshaw. By the time I'm finished, I figure I'll have one nice horn, two okay horns, and three that were good practice that I hope to sell to tourists over in Tombstone. Including shipping, they cost me about $10 - $12 each. I'm hoping two or three sold on consignment will cover my costs for the lot of them.
By contrast, I paid $22.50 (not including shipping) for a horn from Track of the Wolf. It is as smooth as a baby's bottom, and while the very tip is a light tan color, the rest of it is so white you need sunglasses to look at it outdoors. It is a little narrower in cross section than the raw horns I bought, but it is a keeper as long as I don't tear it up in the making.
Which way next time? If I'm just working on technique and don't plan to keep what I'm working on, I'll go for the discount rough horns but this time with that follow up phone call. If I'm working on something I want to be "nice", either for self, a gift, or to sell dearly, I'll go to somebody like Track, Log Cabin, or Crazy Crow and pay a little extra to get the "scrimshaw quality" horn.
If you haven't already seen it, take a look at this deal:
[url] http://www.crazycrow.com/Merc...701&Category_Code=800-300-000&Product_Count=8[/url]
Not a bad price for a plain powder horn (and only $6 more than an unfinished white horn from Track), and that baby is ready to use right out of the box. It will look even nicer when you get through practicing your scrimshaw on it. I see it notes "also available as horn only." Might have to give them a call someday and ask what the price of just the horn would be.
The downside of that is that under that little bit of white you have on that horn is probably the gray, yellow, and black you see elsewhere. Be careful you don't go too deep in your shaping or those inside layers will end up on the outside and you'll have no white at all.
I bought a half-dozen horns from an outfit in Texas. I meant to follow up the online order with a phone call to ask for some handpicking but forgot to do so until it was too late. The horns were pretty raw... lots of work scraping them before I could even see their colors clearly. Luck of the draw netted me two horns with white bodies and dark tips -- one of those was a nice shape and the other a bit too straight to be "nice." One is an off-white color with a brown tip, and so thin it is translucent... not much carving to be done on that one, but it will be an interesting piece. The remaining three were dark colors -- fine for plain horns, or horns with a little bit of carving, but not suitable for scrimshaw. By the time I'm finished, I figure I'll have one nice horn, two okay horns, and three that were good practice that I hope to sell to tourists over in Tombstone. Including shipping, they cost me about $10 - $12 each. I'm hoping two or three sold on consignment will cover my costs for the lot of them.
By contrast, I paid $22.50 (not including shipping) for a horn from Track of the Wolf. It is as smooth as a baby's bottom, and while the very tip is a light tan color, the rest of it is so white you need sunglasses to look at it outdoors. It is a little narrower in cross section than the raw horns I bought, but it is a keeper as long as I don't tear it up in the making.
Which way next time? If I'm just working on technique and don't plan to keep what I'm working on, I'll go for the discount rough horns but this time with that follow up phone call. If I'm working on something I want to be "nice", either for self, a gift, or to sell dearly, I'll go to somebody like Track, Log Cabin, or Crazy Crow and pay a little extra to get the "scrimshaw quality" horn.
If you haven't already seen it, take a look at this deal:
[url] http://www.crazycrow.com/Merc...701&Category_Code=800-300-000&Product_Count=8[/url]
Not a bad price for a plain powder horn (and only $6 more than an unfinished white horn from Track), and that baby is ready to use right out of the box. It will look even nicer when you get through practicing your scrimshaw on it. I see it notes "also available as horn only." Might have to give them a call someday and ask what the price of just the horn would be.
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