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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: Tim Crosby on January 22, 2019, 04:50:11 PM

Title: Banded Horn With W. Va. Connection
Post by: Tim Crosby on January 22, 2019, 04:50:11 PM

  It is about 14” around the outside curve and about 10” Tip to Tip. The Maple butt is held in with 12 wooden pegs, it is hollowed out about 3/4s its length. The tip is Whitetail antler and the collar is of horn, they are both pinned to the horn with 3 small Iron pins each. The bands are heated and pressed on and then pinned to retain them. The original is on page 369 of Jay Hopkins book, Bone Tipped & Banded Horns it is listed as found with a rifle in Pendleton Co. W Va. For color it was boiled in a mix of dyes and finished off with Brown shoe polish. Once some powder goes in and out the stopper will go all the way in.

  Tim C.

 
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Title: Re: Banded Horn With W. Va. Connection
Post by: Marcruger on January 22, 2019, 07:05:32 PM

The shaping work is great like usual Tim. The bands look super too. But, the finishes are great! I love the warm colors. This one will be sold fast. Fine work. God Bless, Marc