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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: Tim Crosby on September 10, 2018, 06:21:40 PM

Title: Horn With Snake On It
Post by: Tim Crosby on September 10, 2018, 06:21:40 PM: This one is about 12 1/2" around the outside curve and 9 1/2 Tip-to-tip. The Walnut butt is held in with Four groups of Two wooden pegs each, it is hollowed out about 3/4s its thickness. A Square headed nail is in place for the strap, bent over in the hollow.
The horn was very think to start and White, tried to keep the snake White for the contrast, it easily stands 1/8" above the body. Color is Brown dye and Brown shoe polish.

Tim C.

(https://preview.ibb.co/cefCS9/002.jpg) (https://ibb.co/muDXS9)

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Title: Re: Horn With Sanke On It
Post by: Osprey on September 10, 2018, 06:45:28 PM: Now that's cool! At first I thought you heated a flat piece of horn and wrapped it around the horn body.
Title: Re: Horn With Sanke On It
Post by: Brian Jordan on September 10, 2018, 07:02:38 PM: That is cool! Was this horn at Dixon's?
Title: Re: Horn With Sanke On It
Post by: rich pierce on September 10, 2018, 07:19:26 PM: I’d get the heebie jeebies every time I grabbed the horn! What the heck is it with you and snakes lately?
Title: Re: Horn With Sanke On It
Post by: somehippy on September 10, 2018, 07:43:48 PM: Thats wicked, i like the tounge plug!
Title: Re: Horn With Sanke On It
Post by: Dennis Glazener on September 10, 2018, 08:28:02 PM: Hey don't encourage him, next will be a cobra or some such ;D :D Then then come the spiders i.e a black widow as she devours her mate ;D
Title: Re: Horn With Sanke On It
Post by: Marcruger on September 10, 2018, 08:53:58 PM: Fantastic. Great carving. Great color. Great concept. Two thumbs up.
Title: Re: Horn With Sanke On It
Post by: James Rogers on September 10, 2018, 09:42:17 PM: I knew he was getting close to the end of making 3000 of every standard type horn! Super neat work!
Title: Re: Horn With Sanke On It
Post by: BOB HILL on September 10, 2018, 10:06:57 PM: Neat horn, Tim. Can't wait to see what you come up with next.
Bob
Title: Re: Horn With Sanke On It
Post by: Tim Crosby on September 10, 2018, 11:00:44 PM: Quote from: Brian Jordan on September 10, 2018, 07:02:38 PM
That is cool! Was this horn at Dixon's?

No, I just finished it up this morning.

Tim
Title: Re: Horn With Snake On It
Post by: Tim Crosby on September 10, 2018, 11:03:21 PM: Thanks for the positive comments. There is another something crawling around my head, have to wait and see how it makes its way out.
This one has been laying around in the shop for months, now that I think about it over a year maybe more.

Tim
Title: Re: Horn With Snake On It
Post by: Arcturus on September 11, 2018, 02:28:07 AM: So a tomahawk wasn't good enough, eh? ;D That is pretty cool, Tim. Nice work and very creative.
Title: Re: Horn With Snake On It
Post by: CARROLLCO on September 11, 2018, 04:27:27 AM: Very nice Tim! It would sure compliment your tomahawk. I admire your work and am inspired by it. You have a very creative and fertile mind and the skills and abilities to bring your “visions” to fruition. Please continue to share your work.
Title: Re: Horn With Snake On It
Post by: smokinbuck on September 11, 2018, 04:23:28 PM: Tim,
Between the hawk and this horn, you're way over the top. Great imagination and interpretation.
Mark
Title: Re: Horn With Snake On It
Post by: Robby on September 11, 2018, 11:44:56 PM: Pretty cool!!! Some might think your work has taken somewhat of a Freudian turn. ::)
Robby
Title: Re: Horn With Snake On It
Post by: hanshi on September 11, 2018, 11:56:38 PM: That's one of the coolest horns I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Horn With Snake On It
Post by: aaronc on September 12, 2018, 01:32:38 AM: Nice horn,...not sure if you made them to be together but it and the tomahawk look like a pair to me.
Title: Re: Horn With Snake On It
Post by: Marcruger on September 12, 2018, 04:09:28 AM: "That's one of the coolest horns I've ever seen."

What Hanshi said.
Title: Re: Horn With Snake On It
Post by: Greg Pennell on September 14, 2018, 05:30:35 PM: Wow. I recently had a horn that was probably thick enough for that, but I’d never have thought of it... :o. Now you just need a bag with some timber rattler hide to complete the trifecta!

Greg
Title: Re: Horn With Snake On It
Post by: Mark Elliott on September 15, 2018, 12:36:09 AM: It is creative work, well executed; but you will have to excuse me if I am not thrilled with the subject. I really do hate snakes. I would certainly never want one on my powder horn. What is it about snakes that I have seen them on a lot of work lately?