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Offline okieboy

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A Hunting Horn
« on: September 04, 2011, 07:44:49 PM »
 Moderators, if this is too contemporary, please move to over the Back Fence.
 Here is a hunting horn for you. This was made by my father, Hoot Newcomb. Hoot is not a muzzleloader, but he did help me run down my first half pound of powder and tin of caps back when I was fourteen.
 Hoot has more natural artistic talent than I ever will, and can do a piece like this as casually as I might cast a batch of round balls.










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Offline smylee grouch

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Re: A Hunting Horn
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2011, 08:05:10 PM »
Real neet looking horn, how does she sound?    Smylee
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Offline skillman

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Re: A Hunting Horn
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2011, 08:32:05 PM »
That's a very nice hunting horn and what a great family treasure it will become. I suppose all our work today is "contemporary". Some of it is historically influenced, some not.

Steve
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Offline alyce-james

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Re: A Hunting Horn
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2011, 08:36:44 PM »
Nice horn work. Is the sound good ?? Thanks for posting. Turkeyfooter
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Re: A Hunting Horn
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2011, 08:51:48 PM »
  Nice scrim!  Dogs and bunny show great "movement" as in action.I like it.
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Offline okieboy

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Re: A Hunting Horn
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2011, 08:55:32 PM »
 As for the sound, it is a small horn, so a little higher pitch than a large one, but smooth and mellow for the size.
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Re: A Hunting Horn
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2011, 10:23:32 PM »
 That is really well done, I like the mouth piece, is it horn and what are the dimensions?

 Thanks, Tim C.
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Offline Down South

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Re: A Hunting Horn
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2011, 03:59:37 AM »
Very fine little horn.  Great work...no matter who did it. 
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Offline wattlebuster

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Re: A Hunting Horn
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2011, 04:20:57 AM »
I like it :)
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Re: A Hunting Horn
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2011, 05:49:45 AM »
Beautiful, and I like it! What's the mouthpiece made out of? Is it threaded into the horn? If not, how is it attached?

You want a small horn for calling in the dogs. One shaved really thin with maybe a 1 3/4ths-2 1/4th open end and a foot long or slightly shorter will carry much farther than the mellow bell sound of a large horn.
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