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Offline G. Elsenbeck

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Your basic Bison Powder Horn
« on: August 13, 2009, 11:23:20 PM »
Well sort of, kinda.  I finally finished this after having at Dixons on display.  This horn has a 3 inch diameter base plug of maple with a carved shell.  The applied tip is moose antler tine with a turned spout of Arizona desert ironwood.  There is a hint of a right hand carry and has staples applied to tie your strap.  The overall length along the outside curve is approx. 14 1/2 inches and is light and air tight.  I left the turned antler piece au naturel and decided to let use and time give it some color.   
Gary







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Re: Your basic Bison Powder Horn
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2009, 03:47:03 AM »
Tooo sweeet

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Re: Your basic Bison Powder Horn
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2009, 04:39:43 AM »
Nice Gary!  I really like the carving on the butt plug.
Scott

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Re: Your basic Bison Powder Horn
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2009, 02:08:49 PM »
 8) 8) Outstanding work  Ken

Offline Brian

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Re: Your basic Bison Powder Horn
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2009, 02:40:59 AM »
There are not a lot of "Bison Horn" horns that really grab me - but that one does.  Very nice job.  That's one buff horn I could easily see myself carrying.  Nice lines, simple, very elegant.
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Re: Your basic Bison Powder Horn
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2009, 03:53:12 AM »
Gary,

superb work!  I especially like the spout and butt plug.  fantastic!

Mark Preston
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Re: Your basic Bison Powder Horn
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2009, 01:31:29 AM »
 Wow Gary! That is a beauty. How about I send you mine to carve the bases for me? NO kidding!

 Tim C.

 PS: The CLA show was and I hate to use this buzz word....Awesome.
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Re: Your basic Bison Powder Horn
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2009, 07:06:25 PM »
Thank you all for the comments guys and if you haven't noticed or not, but I do kind of like bison horns too.  Something like contrasting different materials against a black horn is intriquing.  Some work, some don't.  I like to think they were used more than what we tend to think as powder horns during the early days.  I'm always trying to envison what they may have looked, etc.  I've even made a couple screw tips from them and they didn't stay in the shop long.  Sooo, I keep trying to come up with a nice looking package that 'could' have been made.   
Tim, I appreciate your request to have your base plugs carved and am always willing to try different things.  Just to warn you, carving in end grain can be challenging, not to mention what it does on the tools.  Gotta keep them sharp.
On to the next project.
Gary
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Re: Your basic Bison Powder Horn
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2009, 03:33:39 AM »
  I'll send you a couple of raw ones that you can scrape up for me! Helluva nice job!

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Re: Your basic Bison Powder Horn
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2009, 11:43:09 PM »
nice horn I am thinking about doing some buffalo horns don`t know yet

Offline G. Elsenbeck

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Re: Your basic Bison Powder Horn
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2009, 12:00:58 AM »
Ed, Leatherbelly, thanks guys.  Ed, if you plan on working one or two, I would highly recommend buying yourself a good hoof rasp.  It greatly helps you to get through the thick 'scale' associated with buffalo horns.  That's American buffalo, or bison as opposed to 'Water Buffalo'. 
Happy horning.
Gary
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