I see in Tim Crosby's hunting horn "how to" that Downsouth is going to be making on a hunting horn completely by hand at Dixon's this weekend. I just spent last week at a conference in San Diego. Except for cutting the tip off and drilling the mouthpiece hole at home before I left, this horn was built in my hotel room using only a palm gouge, chip carving knife, Xacto saw, #49 patternmakers rasp and a cabinet scraper.
I stained the horn this weekend after returning home. Too much risk involved with stains and dyes in a rental apartment, guess how I know.
Dave