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Offline Blacksmoke

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Another horn of intrest
« on: April 09, 2009, 08:04:39 AM »
This horn might be of intrest esp. to our Canadian members who live in B.C.  I was commissioned to do this horn in 1998  for a Swiss fellow who has a cabin at Heffley Cr. B.C. He wanted a "map" horn of the area around where his cabin is.It took me about 300 hrs. to make and scrim the horn . The Latin words beneath the crest loosely translated mean"gun nut".  The butt plug is relief carved from European walnut as is the spout plug. The scrim was done with only a stylus and an exacto knife. The color is India ink and painter's oil from Grumbacher.       Hugh Toenjes



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lew wetzel

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Re: Another horn of intrest
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2009, 02:16:56 PM »
very nice hugh,did you ever get a chuck for your lathe????i still got that 4-jaw......
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Re: Another horn of intrest
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2009, 11:52:24 AM »
Thats beautiful!!!!!!!

Best regards

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Re: Another horn of intrest
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2009, 06:42:34 PM »
 Very nice. You do some beautiful work.

Tim C.
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Offline trentOH

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Re: Another horn of intrest
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2009, 02:27:05 AM »
Great looking horn, but the red on the white background is outstanding.
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Re: Another horn of intrest
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2009, 05:30:14 PM »
Thanks to all of you for your kind comments!   As to the "red" shield it is not a "painted" solid color but rather a solid color that has been "scrimed" with millions upon millions of tiny dots and cuts made with a stylus and exacto knife then filed with "Grumbacher" artist's oil and a little dryer. Then I sealed the color with a very small amount of stock oil finish.  That way it gives the appearance of a solid color.                   Hugh Toenjes
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Re: Another horn of intrest
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2009, 07:29:02 PM »
Hugh,
Did you do anything to the horn to get it so white?  It really helps highlight the scrim, especially the red.
Kevin
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Re: Another horn of intrest
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2009, 07:20:33 AM »
bigsky--- The only thing that I did to the horn before I carved and scrimed it was to scrape, sand and polish it on a buffing wheel using a buffing compound made for polishing plastic. The white color is integral to the horn. ;)     Hugh Toenjes
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