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Online Tim Crosby

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Banded Hunting Horn
« on: July 28, 2009, 09:24:41 PM »
 Here are a couple of pics of a blowing horn. It started out as powder horn but due to circumstances beyond it's control it transitioned into a hunting horn.

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Offline Randy Hedden

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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2009, 09:46:43 PM »
Tim,

Nice work as always.  To bad you couldn't have gone ahead and made a powder horn from it, but a great looking horn none the less. 

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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2009, 10:55:37 PM »
Wow!  Great looking horn even if it is a blowing horn.  I love the color on it.  Ken
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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2009, 01:23:23 AM »
Tim, that's a great looking horn.  Is that one you had up for judging?  I won't ask what the circumstances caused your change in direction, but it appears it must have been divine interruption.   ;D

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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2009, 04:08:32 AM »
Outstanding as usual Tim!!!!
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2009, 04:30:51 PM »
Tim,

I really like the Patina on it.  Really nice! 

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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2009, 05:38:28 PM »
Tim,
Nice horn and I love the color. Mind sharing the process? I picked up a small cleaned/polished horn from Roland Cadle's pile and will try my hand at making a small hunting horn to go with a southern bag I have.
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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2009, 11:22:43 PM »
What a great southern-style horn. I have two originals but they do not have bands. Great job!

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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2009, 01:35:38 AM »
Quote from: Jeff Bibb on July 29, 2009, 11:22:43 PM
What a great southern-style horn. I have two originals but they do not have bands. Great job!

Jeff Bibb

 Do you have pics? I would like to see them. Years ago, late 50s early 60s most of the ones I saw in use for calling deer hounds in had the mouth piece carved into the horn and were not banded. I talked to Billy Griner at the HCH get together and he had some neat stories to tell about how they used to use them to communicate between farms. When I laid it on the table at Dixion's, the guy next to me said "I thought I was the only one who made those." I did not know until seeing one with his name on it at the museum during the HCH outing that night that it was Billy who had said that.
 I am glad y'all like it, there will be more on purpose this time, not from screwups on my part.

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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2009, 01:48:23 AM »
That reminds me Jeff.  Would you be so gracious to post pics of your winning entries from Dixons last weekend?  I'm sure everyone would love to see your work.  I was the guy standing to your left during the announcements.  Great job.
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« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2009, 04:42:07 PM »
Great looking Horn.  Excellent work as usual.
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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2009, 04:54:00 PM »
Tim is that two horns put togather. Nice work. ;) Will you be at the CLA show this year?
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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2009, 05:09:14 PM »
Tim, is that a nice piece of wood or horn for the mouthpiece?
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« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2009, 05:43:14 PM »
Tim and Gary:

I will be glad to post photos of the two originals if I can get them to load in. My first attempt at posting pics. here was disastrous to say the least.

Also, I will post photos. of my two Dixon's winners on a separate post, if I can get the photos to work.

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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2009, 05:50:20 PM »
Jeff, try using Photobucket, which is on the web and is free to upload pics.  From photobucket then upload into the forum.  I believe Acer has a tutorial in the Tutorial section of the forum.
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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2009, 06:22:25 PM »
Quote from: B.Barker on July 30, 2009, 04:54:00 PM
Tim is that two horns put togather. Nice work. ;) Will you be at the CLA show this year?
Brian

 The body is one horn with 4 narrow and 1 large applied bands. The tip is a separate piece of horn.
 Yes I will be at the CLA show.

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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #16 on: July 30, 2009, 06:34:36 PM »
Quote from: Dennis Glazener on July 29, 2009, 05:38:28 PM
Tim,
Nice horn and I love the color. Mind sharing the process? I picked up a small cleaned/polished horn from Roland Cadle's pile and will try my hand at making a small hunting horn to go with a southern bag I have.
Dennis

Here you go I hope this helps:

   I put them in a mixture of fabric dye, yellow mixed with some orange. Bring the bath to a boil and put the horns in and turn it off.. I do not time them I just check them after a few minutes and if I like the color out they come. Then while they are still hot I paint them with oil based leather dye, I think I used Saddle Tan on this one.(I also use light brown, dark brown or mahogany depending on what I am looking for)  Let it set a couple of minutes, wipe it off, repeat until you get the color you like. While it is still warm, I rub black or brown shoe polish on them, let it dry and buff it off with a brush and a cloth. As I have said before, I think the heat from the bath opens the pours of the horn and gets the color in it rather than on it. 
 I have started putting the horn back on a sizer when it come out of the dye bath. Once it is cool and the color fits I put in the base plug that was pre-fit and finished.

Tim C.
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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2009, 02:17:27 AM »
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Here you go I hope this helps:

   I put them in a mixture of fabric dye, yellow mixed with some orange. Bring the bath to a boil and put the horns in and turn it off.. I do not time them I just check them after a few minutes and if I like the color out they come. Then while they are still hot I paint them with oil based leather dye, I think I used Saddle Tan on this one.(I also use light brown, dark brown or mahogany depending on what I am looking for)  Let it set a couple of minutes, wipe it off, repeat until you get the color you like. While it is still warm, I rub black or brown shoe polish on them, let it dry and buff it off with a brush and a cloth. As I have said before, I think the heat from the bath opens the pours of the horn and gets the color in it rather than on it.
 I have started putting the horn back on a sizer when it come out of the dye bath. Once it is cool and the color fits I put in the base plug that was pre-fit and finished.

Tim C.
Thanks Tim, sounds like something I can do!
Dennis
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Re: Banded Hunting Horn
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2009, 03:28:46 AM »
tim
absolutely beautiful horn.... love the color.... nice bands.....overall a winner
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