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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: Mark Elliott on June 18, 2019, 09:48:58 PM

Title: Small Southern Banded Horn
Post by: Mark Elliott on June 18, 2019, 09:48:58 PM: I am working on southern banded horns these days. I just finished this one which I don't think is too bad. It is the one where I got the tip stuck. It comes off now. It is about 13 1/2" around the outside curve staple to stopper. The base plug is a little under 2 1/4" in diameter. The horn has a screw-tip with a female thread (male thread on the horn). Let me know what you think. If I still have it at the end on next month, I may put it in for judging at Dixon's and see what the judges say about it. It may be a little too heavy, but you can't tell that from pictures.

(https://i.ibb.co/25sKJq6/ALRHorn31-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/b72dt13)

(https://i.ibb.co/sKdzcYW/ALRHorn31-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/X7rM6RY)
Title: Re: Small Southern Banded Horn
Post by: Bob McBride on June 18, 2019, 10:47:23 PM: Love it Mark. Well done.
Title: Re: Small Southern Banded Horn
Post by: BOB HILL on June 18, 2019, 10:54:06 PM: Beautiful horn, Mark. Well balanced. Thanks for sharing it.
Bob
Title: Re: Small Southern Banded Horn
Post by: smokinbuck on June 19, 2019, 03:44:25 PM: good looking horn, fit and finish are very attractive. Strictly my personal observation is that the tip, although very well done, is a out of scale with the rest of the horn.
Mark
Title: Re: Small Southern Banded Horn
Post by: Mark Elliott on June 19, 2019, 07:18:19 PM: Quote from: smokinbuck on June 19, 2019, 03:44:25 PM
good looking horn, fit and finish are very attractive. Strictly my personal observation is that the tip, although very well done, is a out of scale with the rest of the horn.
Mark

Thanks for the feedback. Is it too long, too thick, or both? I tried to thin it down more than I usually do, but I guess it could have been thinner. I am afraid of the tip cracking, so I leave them a bit heavier than perhaps I should.