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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: Tim Crosby on May 28, 2010, 03:04:01 AM

Title: Banded Horn
Post by: Tim Crosby on May 28, 2010, 03:04:01 AM: This one is about 12" around the outside curve, the base is Dogwood, it is hollowed out and a groove is cut in it for the horn to fit inside, it is held in with four steel pins at it's widest it is about 2 1/4"s. The bands are pinned on with two steel pins each. The antler tip has two pins holding it on.
The base had a couple of worm holes in it and I thought I wasn't going to be able to use it but I filled them with pewter and it came out pretty good. You can see the repairs in the unfinished base and then after the repair in the other two.
I am going to split this up into two posts.

Tim C.

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Title: Re: Banded Horn
Post by: Tim Crosby on May 28, 2010, 03:07:26 AM: This shows the second patch and how they turned out.

Tim C.

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Title: Re: Banded Horn
Post by: Mark Elliott on May 28, 2010, 06:47:21 AM: Tim,

Why did you fill the worm holes instead of discarding the piece? Had you seen that repair on an original horn?

Mark E.
Title: Re: Banded Horn
Post by: Dave B on May 28, 2010, 07:10:12 AM: Tim,
Nice work on the horn. I took down a dog wood and it had purple sections in it saved some of the wood for some sort of project. I like your bands, are they glued or pinned in place? The pins you used in the tip do they go into blind holes or do you put a steel rod in the hole and tap them to the rod?
Title: Re: Banded Horn
Post by: Tim Crosby on May 28, 2010, 03:46:18 PM: Quote from: Mark Elliott on May 28, 2010, 06:47:21 AM
Tim,

Why did you fill the worm holes instead of discarding the piece? Had you seen that repair on an original horn?

Mark E.

I have never seen one patched like this, just thought I would give it a try, it was a nice piece of wood other than the holes.

Tim C.
Title: Re: Banded Horn
Post by: Tim Crosby on May 28, 2010, 03:49:35 PM: Quote from: Dave B on May 28, 2010, 07:10:12 AM
Tim,
Nice work on the horn. I took down a dog wood and it had purple sections in it saved some of the wood for some sort of project. I like your bands, are they glued or pinned in place? The pins you used in the tip do they go into blind holes or do you put a steel rod in the hole and tap them to the rod?

The bands are pinned on and the tip pins go into blind holes that are parallel to the hole in the tip.

Tim C.
Title: Re: Banded Horn
Post by: Jefferson58 on May 28, 2010, 10:51:08 PM: Nice looking horn, Tim. I like everything about it, including the repairs. Good idea, and well-done.

The five bands are great. Really sets off that bee hive plug well. The tip is very nice too.

Thanks for showing it.

Jeff
Title: Re: Banded Horn
Post by: G. Elsenbeck on June 01, 2010, 05:00:22 PM: Tim, I like the horn with all the bands. Great job as usual and the beehive plug with the repair fits the theme perfectly. Thanks for sharing Tim.

Gary