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Offline Gun Butcher

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St Louis style Horn
« on: February 06, 2015, 01:52:52 AM »
I don't think I have posted this horn on the forum and some of you have probably seen it but for those that haven't here it is.
This one was made about 6 -8 months ago and is not really meant to be anything other than my interpretation of a St Louis style. It has one of Kris Polizzi's straps.
Ron




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Offline iloco

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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2015, 01:54:14 AM »
That is a fine looking horn.
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Offline Marcruger

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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2015, 02:35:40 AM »
That is some beautiful handwork.  What a fine horn.  Looks like Kris did you right as well. Best wishes,   Marc
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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2015, 02:45:08 AM »
Marc, Kris made this one special just for this horn. It really makes the horn look better.
Ron
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Offline Elnathan

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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2015, 03:57:30 AM »
That is different, and impressive. Is that bone inlaid into the horn?
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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2015, 08:23:19 AM »
I was impressed when I first saw it and I'm still impressed Ron.

Steve
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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2015, 03:34:12 PM »
Thanks everyone for your comments.
Élanathan , I used white horn and it is inlayed. My gun butchering skills came in handy on this one   ;)

Ron
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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2015, 05:02:08 PM »
 A Beauty, very nice file work.

  Tim C.
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Offline Rolf

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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2015, 10:40:36 PM »
Beautiful work!!
Best regards
Rolf
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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2015, 10:53:47 PM »
Great job on the horn very nice. I really like the strap also.
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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2015, 06:18:37 PM »
I am working my first bison horn right now... Shaping it is like carving hard wax impregnated with coarse hair. I think it is more difficult to work than plain old cow horn.
Having said all of that, your St. Louis bison horn has very nice architecture and is a beauty.

By the way, the article in the upcoming Horn Book on a certain HCH Freeman turned out very well!  ;) Gus is a good writer.
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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2015, 07:09:29 PM »
Wow!!! A fantastic looking horn.

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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2015, 12:57:03 AM »
Thanks again guys. Making a bison horn takes a certain amount of fortitude, as I am sure Rick can tell you since he is starting on his first one. I just received 6 nasty, raggedy, foul looking new ones to play with. The end result after working your can off to clean them up is, at least to me, worth the effort.  They are often full of unseen surprises and can be very unforgiving but the finished piece is a thing of beauty.  The first one I ever saw just screamed at me to do one and to date I have 4 finished ones out in the world, one at home and about 4 that never made it.

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Re: St Louis style Horn
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2015, 03:24:14 PM »
Nice work.
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