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Offline Tim Crosby

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Banded Horn
« on: April 01, 2009, 05:41:04 PM »

 This one is 14 1/2" around the outside curve and 2 1/2" at the base. The base is walnut and the applied tip is antler. The bands are applied and of horn.

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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2009, 06:02:02 PM »
Who's the lucky guy getting this one Tim  :D   As always nice work.
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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2009, 07:33:15 PM »
Tim,

Really nice horn. I wouldn't expect any less from you.

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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2009, 09:36:47 PM »
Nice looking horn Tim. You sure know how to turn them out, makes me tired!
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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2009, 09:44:55 PM »
Very nice, Tim.
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Offline G. Elsenbeck

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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2009, 03:55:01 AM »
As is the norm, great looking horn Tim.  I also like the 4 you have on the horn guild's website. 
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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2009, 04:00:16 AM »
I love banded horns.  This one is great.  You did a real nice job. 
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« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2009, 05:01:06 AM »
Very nice horn Tim!  I like the coloring of the tip. 
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Offline Cory Joe Stewart

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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2009, 05:08:59 PM »
Good stuff

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Offline Tim Crosby

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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2009, 08:38:38 PM »
 Thank you all for the positive comments.

Tim C.
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Offline Brian

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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2009, 03:52:15 AM »
Great horn Tim!

A question for all you horn experts out there.  When you "apply" bands like that, how do you afix them?  Do you just heat them up a bit and get a tight friction fit and that's good enough?  Or do you use a period correct type of glue (or cheat and use epoxy), or pin them, or what?

Your secrets are safe with me because even if I figure out how to do it I'll never turn out anything that looks that nice!   :D
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Offline David Rase

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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2009, 06:26:26 AM »
Brian,  When I make a banded horn I push the bands on as tight as I can get them and then I drill and pin them.  Don't know if that's how it was originally done but that's what I have been doing and it works for me.  My bands are are a little thinner the Tim's which helps them conform to the horn but you have to make sure you do not push them on too tight or they can split.  I guess the word is finesse.
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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2009, 12:34:11 AM »
 I am still in the experimental stage with heating the bands and the horn and trying to have them stay in place. I'm Not sure what the trick is. I have seen them carved on, what looks like pressed on (no pins showing) and held on with brass  or copper tacks.
 I use two small pins, maybe 1/64, that go through the band and just into the horn. Boil the band until it is like a rubber band, push it on as far as I can get it (Yes I have split them), then drill a hole thouugh the band and just into the horn at an angle so the head of the pin will be more towards the base. haven't had one come off yet.

Tim C.

PS: I read or someone told me that Virginia banded horns had a little wider bands, hence the wider bands on this one. Might have been in Michael Briggs' book. TC
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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2009, 04:07:14 PM »
Beautiful work!
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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2009, 06:31:39 AM »
Tim

What do you put on your horn to make it shine?

Nice looking horn
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Offline Tim Crosby

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Re: Banded Horn
« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2009, 12:43:14 AM »
Quote from: Flinter on April 11, 2009, 06:31:39 AM
Tim

What do you put on your horn to make it shine?

Nice looking horn

 After they are dry I put a coat of paste wax on them and clean it off with a rag.

Tim C.
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