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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: JH Ehlers on December 31, 2024, 05:43:14 AM

Title: Two horns
Post by: JH Ehlers on December 31, 2024, 05:43:14 AM

A days filing. Can someone tell me what era the brown horn could fit into, it just ended up looking like that. I love making horns, and then taking forever to finish them. Happy new year!
(https://i.ibb.co/M2D0Jkq/20241230-193436.jpg) (https://ibb.co/JBRJSjX)

(https://i.ibb.co/0hML2MM/20241230-192730.jpg) (https://ibb.co/18qNQqq)

(https://i.ibb.co/5Ff5C2F/20241230-125132.jpg) (https://ibb.co/YZqtJbZ)

(https://i.ibb.co/qmX9P98/20241230-125101.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xzPGRGb)

Title: Re: Two horns
Post by: Bob Gerard on January 01, 2025, 08:23:19 PM

Hi JH- I can't answer your question about the period for your horn, but I just had to say what beautiful work you do. You obviously love the craft and have mastered it !
Best wishes for the New Year  :)

Title: Re: Two horns
Post by: flatsguide on January 02, 2025, 08:35:55 AM

Yes, very nice work. Outstanding file work.
Cheers Richard

Title: Re: Two horns
Post by: rich pierce on January 02, 2025, 03:41:03 PM

This style is seen in some horns from the 1700s but the horns are usually longer and larger.

Title: Re: Two horns
Post by: JH Ehlers on January 02, 2025, 09:55:53 PM

Thank you Rich, I will try and and find pictures, need to fit an appropriate plug.
Yes Richard mostly just filing and a little scraping.

Title: Re: Two horns
Post by: JeffG on January 03, 2025, 12:28:20 AM

Beautiful work. The spouts look Colonial, but I'm talking out of my hat.

Title: Re: Two horns
Post by: Tim Crosby on January 03, 2025, 05:49:13 PM

 Very well done, your file work is exceptional, the finished product will be well worth the time. The tip on the "Brown" one reminds me of a "Lancaster Co. style, I would think a rounded Pine butt with a staple would work. 

   Tim C.

Title: Re: Two horns
Post by: Cades Cove Fiddler on January 04, 2025, 11:21:29 PM

 8) 8) 8)... great work... the darker one is what we always referred to as a "bottle tip"... I do not know where the design originated, but I have one that has been passed down in my family for generations probably since the early 1800's.. my folks were all from Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, so I figure it was made there in that era... here is a photo of it ... the base plug was missing When I got it about 60 years ago from my Grandmother, and I made a new one out of black walnut... the bottle tip design is my favorite, and I have seen it on several known horns from this country... interested to see it finished... best wishes,, regards... Cades Cove Fiddler..
(https://i.ibb.co/7Nr36rb/21586720-10212519177686379-773930201790700855-o.jpg) (https://ibb.co/JFrYMrC)