So, I was going do some practice aging on a small horn and ended up "aging" it with a real repair.
I found a small crack up the side after I had set the plug. I had softened the horn with some heat thinking I'd get a really good fit to the plug but must have been a bit ham-fisted with the horn in the assembly process.
Figured I might as well attempt to salvage the project. I filed a small flat over the crack and fit a scrap of horn over it. After the glue dried and I dressed down the edges but some corners seemed like they could still be easily caught on something.
In for a penny, in for a pound. I did a "home-grown" rawhide repair over the first fix. Sort of the belt & suspenders approach.
Feel free to take a look and learn from my missteps.
The scraped surface of the horn did get a blushed vinegar & iron solution treatment. The red on the plug is Salem Red from the Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company that has been rubbed back pretty hard with a brass bristle brush. The wooden pins were fashioned from round toothpicks and the ends were rubbed with a pinch of good old dirt that was hiding in a corner of the basement floor.
Enjoy,
Kevin
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