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Offline Tim Crosby

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A North Carolina Horn
« on: April 04, 2022, 06:40:25 PM »
 Another after a couple of horns on pages 52 and 53 of Dr. Jay Hopkins' book, "Bone tipped & Banded Horns Vol II". Not a copy but more in the style of.
 It is about 13 1/2" around the outside curve and 11 tip-to-tip. The Butt is Walnut held in by the same 4 wooden pegs that hold the base band in place. The tip is a two piece antler pinned together with 3 pegs and to the horn with 3 more. The 3 bands were heated and pressed on then secured with 3 Iron pins each. It was scraped, colored with dye and Brown shoe polish.

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Offline hawkeye

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2022, 06:57:40 PM »
Nice as always, awesome job

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2022, 07:06:08 PM »
SUPER!!!

Offline Ken G

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2022, 07:26:57 PM »
Great looking horn with nice overall color.  Thanks for sharing the pics.

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2022, 08:33:45 PM »
The people who live in N. Carolina (including my family in Watauga County until 1864) salute you.
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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2022, 08:22:53 AM »
Great looking horn Tim! I like it a lot.
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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2022, 03:47:16 PM »
Tim, I like your version, well done.

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2022, 05:10:41 PM »
Man that's a good one Tim!   I love the way the antiquing got down in the lines and make them popped.  Great color too.  That one will sell fast. 

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2022, 05:34:27 AM »
Beautiful,Tim.
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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2022, 07:05:08 AM »
Really well done Tim!

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2022, 04:34:21 PM »
I think you have out done your self.

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2022, 02:36:26 AM »
I have an idea Tim.  Now that you have done the one with the "missing" bands, how about one pre-worn like it rubbed against a bag for years?   Just thinking out loud.   God Bless,   Marc

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2022, 05:26:22 PM »
I have an idea Tim.  Now that you have done the one with the "missing" bands, how about one pre-worn like it rubbed against a bag for years?   Just thinking out loud.   God Bless,   Marc

 This one is kind of used and abused, there will be more down the line.

   Tim

   https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=69612.msg696112#msg696112

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2022, 05:02:30 PM »
Great color and patina to this horn, well balanced with nice flow. Fine work Tim.

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2022, 08:01:32 PM »
Beautiful horn....the kind one would expect a frontiersman to carry.  Great work, Tim !!
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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #15 on: April 20, 2022, 09:55:55 AM »
Super nice.

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2022, 03:39:14 PM »
This North Carolina mountaineer says thank you for doing a beautiful job recreating our heritage.
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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #17 on: May 05, 2022, 05:55:15 PM »
Great job, amazing color!

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2022, 02:19:46 AM »
Very nifty!!  Looks like a museum piece to me. (I should check the Mount Airy NC Historical Society and see if anything's missing! :P )

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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2022, 06:58:47 PM »
Nice one, Tim…just about perfect to my eye….it surely won’t sit around for long!
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Re: A North Carolina Horn
« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2022, 12:50:28 AM »
Great looking horn, love it