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Offline coopersdad

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Little bison horn
« on: October 20, 2022, 10:26:15 PM »
 A friend gave me a small bison horn, and it had a nice curve and twist, more cow-like than bison, so I thought I'd try it.  I'd heard smoothing a rough bison horn was a lot of work, and I heard right.  There were a lot of overlapping "plates" of material, and I was always uncovering another edge.  Finally quit when it was mostly smooth, think I may have run out of horn before I got them all!    It's about 11" along the curve and holds a bit under 1/4 pound of powder.  The plug, pins and stopper are cherry. 







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Offline MeliusCreekTrapper

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Re: Little bison horn
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2022, 10:31:38 PM »
That's a beautiful horn. Amazing twist for a bison horn. I'd be proud to carry that one.

Great work.
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Offline Jeff Murray

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Re: Little bison horn
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2022, 10:35:58 PM »
Nice lookiing horn.  I am finishing another bison horn also.  Usually about halfway to smoothing the horn you wonder if it is worth the trouble.  Most cow horns are way easier to work down.
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Offline Flintandsmoke

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Re: Little bison horn
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2022, 11:00:43 PM »
That is a beautiful little horn
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Offline coopersdad

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Re: Little bison horn
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2022, 12:17:15 AM »
Thanks, it was a fun project.  I did say "to heck with it - it ain't never getting smooth" several times, but it finally did! 
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Re: Little bison horn
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2022, 12:30:09 AM »
 Nicely done, one thing I would think about is the twisted staple in the butt or anyplace else on a horn. From the critique sheet from one I entered at "Dixons" years ago: ""Twisted staples do not add anything significant and can cause undue strap wear". Last twisted staple I made. Nice looking horn though.

   Tim C.
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Offline coopersdad

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Re: Little bison horn
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2022, 01:56:26 AM »
That makes perfect sense.  Looks cool now, will be covered as soon as the strap is attached, and act like a rasp on it.
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Offline MeliusCreekTrapper

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Re: Little bison horn
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2022, 03:08:01 AM »
Agree on the staple. I have my first horn with a twisted staple doing that exact thing, sawing its way through the strap. It will be replaced with a round staple.
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Offline alyce-james

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Re: Little bison horn
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2022, 11:40:05 PM »
Gentleman: Good day. Isn't the fiscal material in a Bison horn different than that of a cow horn ? Thus difficult to polish a Bison Horn. When you have a chance compare the inside of the two, Bison/cow. With extra elbow grease the Bison will finish well. AJ.

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Offline bigsmoke

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Re: Little bison horn
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2022, 11:40:38 PM »
It just takes a little time and patience to get a smooth finish on a buff horn




I probably made this one 25 years ago.

John (Bigsmoke)
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Offline Bull Shannon

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Re: Little bison horn
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2022, 12:07:59 PM »
Bison is a pain to work smooth but worth is in the end.
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