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Offline Shreckmeister

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I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« on: March 28, 2014, 08:03:50 PM »
You can see why.  My first effort at relief carving an eagle....
well it doesn't quite look eagleish.

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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2014, 09:40:02 PM »
"...quite eaglish..." And neither did 9/10's of the old timers eagles... You're in good company, it looks fine.

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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2014, 12:10:17 AM »
Looks good to me....

Have to agree that most of the original horns Eagles are less than perfect....

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Offline wattlebuster

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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2014, 03:32:14 AM »
I like it :)
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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2014, 05:14:33 AM »
Nothing wrong with that ....Gives your horn more character.

Rick
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Offline David R. Pennington

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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2014, 06:01:22 AM »
Very nice. What kind of wood for the plug?
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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2014, 06:44:15 AM »
Thanks to all.  I used Cherry for the plug.  It's easy to shape and turns fairly well.
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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2014, 01:09:29 PM »
Looks darn good to me, just like the originals do. That is what we should be trying to do in my book, get the look of an original.. Good work Shreck.
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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2014, 04:50:42 PM »
Thanks for the second picture. Looks to me like it came out well. Gotta agree with Griz.

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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2014, 11:45:39 PM »
   It's a great horn!
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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2014, 01:35:13 AM »
I like it!  Well done.
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Offline Shreckmeister

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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2014, 02:37:34 AM »
Many Thanks.  I couldn't resist putting a Sheckengost theme on the other side.

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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2014, 03:21:39 AM »
That's a right fine looking horn.  I keep telling myself I need to make some more, but I've been going full bore on blacksmithing.
  Personally I love everything about this horn.

   FANTABULAWESOME

  RICH
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Offline Shreckmeister

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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2014, 02:00:11 PM »
 :) :) :)  Thanks Rich.  Made my day.
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Re: I calls it the Chickenhawk horn
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2014, 05:39:59 AM »
Many of the early Eagles had heads that were almost serpentine and other differences from reality, so yours is more authentic than you may think.  Heck in many 17th and 18th engravings and pommels on swords: alligators looked like dragons, lions look like dogs,  bears look like boars, etc., etc.   

Keep at it and I have no doubt your work will come to please you well.
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