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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: RoaringBull on June 24, 2010, 12:37:53 AM
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I was looking at the pics on the blog and found the one of the old leather wrapped horn? Was that very common and is that two pieces of leather?
Hay I may be able to do a horn like that!?!
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Those were done to repair a horn with a hole worn in it or a crack. The originals that I have seen were wrapped in one pieces of leather stretched very tight around the horn. There was one line of stitching. I have only seen very thin hides applied and they must have been applied wet.
As to how common they are, I have seen them often enough. As to a percentage, someone else will have to answer that.
Mark E.
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That on an old horn is to repair a crack. On recent horns, it is usually a faux repair, or sometimes, still a real repair in order to still be able to sell it, and have it look correct as a repaired old horn. Oh yeah, usually doe skin rawhide, stitched wet.
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Here's a couple. (These are originals) Done for repair I'm sure, Somewhere I saw one that had a squirrel skin complete with ears on it.
Tim C.
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Question is which end of the squirrel was the stopper stuck into??? ;D
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Tim
I think the horn with the squirel skin patch is in Powder Horns and their Architecture by Grant. Now that would be a neat horn to duplicate. Unless your a squirel.
Steve
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Question is which end of the squirrel was the stopper stuck into??? ;D
You owe me a new keyboard! ;)
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Question is which end of the squirrel was the stopper stuck into??? ;D
You owe me a new keyboard! ;)
heheheheheheheheheheheheheh....
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IMO deer or elk rawhide works even better than leather and was fairly common fixit especially in the West. Rawhide will work fine even in areas where it's wetter/more humid if it's sealed with varnish.
As noted it's done with one piece of hide normally - I like to use the so-called baseball stitch which is PC - the rawhide wrapped Mariano Modena/Medina horn was sewn thusly.
I've done several over the years - here's one from a few years ago - it was actually to repair the horn where it had been scraped/sanded through, making a couple of nice holes. You can see the stitching along the top - my preferred method, but some folks like the seam along the bottom.
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Do you cut the leather a little small while dry, then wet it and sew it real snug while wet and let it dry to get that tight form fitted look?
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With the rawhide I cut a little large, wet it to the correct temper, and then use a couple of spots of glue (traditionally hot hide glue or you can "cheat" and use Super Glue-the gel works best) to hold it in place and then trim as I go along - once it dries it will draw up drum tight.