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Making A Leather Covered Horn***25 Pix***
Tim Crosby:
I was asked how this was done so here's what I came up with. Not sure why I put the horn tapping Pix in but they are of the horn. And yes there is some sort of stamping on the leather, didn't notice it when I was laying out the pattern.
Any questions just ask.
The paper pattern.
Transferred to cloth, I used Muslin since it is a little thicker. Make sure it is longer and wider than the horn. The marked lines are where it was tightly wrapped around the horn and marked. The wider parts will be rimmed when the leather is clamped around the horn.
Here it is laid out on the Deer skin.
And cut.
These are the clips I use to hold it together while it dries.
Here it has been wet and is getting wrapped around the horn.
Here it is trimmed and clamped.
Another shot.
This is how much was trimmed off.
I made it a screw tip, it took four horn tips to get one good tip, the rest had started to delaminate.
Tim Crosby:
This is a Pic of tapping the horn.
This is a shot of the Jig I use to get the die started on the horn.
This shows it screwed into the horn and lubricated
Shows the die.
This is how I clamp it up to cut the threads.
Another shot.
Finished threads.
Back to the cover; Once the leather is dry and while the clamps are still on take a pencil and mark along the bottom of them, this will be your stitch line.
Here it is laid out and using nails to punch the stitching holes, a piece of wood is used as a spacer.
Ready to stitch, it is damp so it can be stretched while being stitched.
Here the horn is coved with glue. As you work down the horn you can smooth the leather out with you hands by pushing on it like you were smoothing out a table cloth.
First couple of stitches are done off the horn. Then it is stretched over the horn and stitched, You will have to pull the leather as you work, try and keep you seam straight.
Finished stitching, Notice that there is a lot of excess to trim and that the piece of leather was left longer than the horn.
I used a forceps to help hold and stretch
This is it with the tip and collar on it.
MuskratMike:
WOW, simply amazing and a tutorial to along with it. Great job, and Merry Christmas.
Shopdog:
Great walk through of the process! How much force does it take to cut the threads in the horn? It appears you keep the die fixed and turn the horn - am I getting that right?
Panzerschwein:
Tim has done it again! Stunning!!
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