Horn W/two Bands/A Little Paint And A Neat Tip

[Tim Crosby]

 This is after a horn in Dr. Hopkins book "Bone Tipped & Banded Horns" on page 293.
 This one is about 15" around the outside curve and 13 tip-to-tip. The butt is Maple held it with 4 iron pins that also hold the base band, it is painted alternately Red and Green. The second band is held in place by three pins. The tips is a two part antler and is what really caught my eye when I first looked through the book. It is attached to the neck with three more pins, the original used wood. It has 10 flats filed on it about 3/4" up from the bottom one with a small ring on it. (I was lucky and found a piece of antler that was kind of "V" shaped, that made it easier to carve out a solid ring). Thinking the ring was used to attach a cord to the stopper.

  Tim C. 

   

[rich pierce]

That is cool. Cows gonna run out of horns if you keep up this pace!

[RoaringBull]

This is top of the line. Love the color and that band with the ring is very cool.

Regards
David

[GA Turner]

Great job on the horn. Cant wait for Volume 2.

Ron

[Jim Spray]

Great looking horn Tim. I saw it in the photo of your bench and wondered when it going to show up! Well done again!!

Jim

[Mark Elliott]

That is a very coherent and neat bit of work, particularly the tip.   I am sure that tip was a lot of work.   What tools did you use to carve the ring out of the antler? 

[Tim Crosby]

That is a very coherent and neat bit of work, particularly the tip.   I am sure that tip was a lot of work.   What tools did you use to carve the ring out of the antler?

 Thanks Mark,
   Like I said the piece was "V" shaped so I started at the point and used a very fine toothed saw and cut a cube shape, then a small chisel, rasps and files to shape it and the panels. I drilled the hole when it was still pretty square. It was/is a very solid piece of antler.

  Tim

[Smokey Plainsman]

Someone’s been a busy beaver while I was gone! 

Looks great! I love the little ringlet near the tip. Pretty intricate carving there.

[Marcruger]

Oh yeah.  That one is super cool.  I really enjoy the red and green on the base.  A very nice touch.  That tip looks tough to make to my eye.  I think you need to get some heavy linen and get a leash on that plug.   :-)   Great job Tim.   Now go get some mowing done at the farm and stop playing.    God Bless,   Marc

[Smokey Plainsman]

The alternating bands of red and green evoke Yuletide memories.

Perhaps if “Old St. Nick” had a horn, this might be it?