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Craftsmanship => Accoutrements => Topic started by: ridjrunr on April 25, 2014, 05:36:01 AM

Title: Cherry wood capped horn
Post by: ridjrunr on April 25, 2014, 05:36:01 AM

Been working on this horn on and off for a few days. It started with the fuming of the cherry wood butt plug and then I thought I would try something different (at least to me) and tried making a dye out of shavings from Osage orange wood shavings.
This is the result,aside from my onion dye I tried a while back, I haven't done any dying of horns.
The two pc. tip has an elk antler coller and a whitetail spout.14" overall on the outside curve and 2 3/4" dia at the base.
Questions,comments and concerns welcome.

Title: Re: Cherry wood capped horn
Post by: Roaddog on April 25, 2014, 07:11:42 AM

Real nice! I like the shade of yellow the Osage gave it and the but plug color gose well with it. Myself I would darken the spout with some tea. Your doing some nice work.  

Title: Re: Cherry wood capped horn
Post by: greyhunter on April 25, 2014, 07:14:45 AM

Nice job, what are you using for a stopper?

Title: Re: Cherry wood capped horn
Post by: Bison Horn on April 25, 2014, 10:38:48 AM

Looks good! BH

Title: Re: Cherry wood capped horn
Post by: Bigsmoke on April 25, 2014, 11:10:15 AM

Good looking horn you made there.  You might want to keep that recipe for the osage wood stain.  Real nice color.
Two things jump out at me that could have been done different.  One, I think either iron pins or wood pins should have been used to secure the baseplug.  The other thing is on the second photo, it appears the base of the horn is not square to the body of the horn, giving the baseplug an off center look.  Else, real nice.  Good job.
John

Title: Re: Cherry wood capped horn
Post by: ridjrunr on April 26, 2014, 05:23:41 PM

Ya Bigsmoke I agree and am even considering a removal of them. After the first one I thought it kind of clashed but I had run out of thorns. I need to cut some next time at the range. Thank you for the input, I appreciate it.
The pix is a little misleading because the plug isn't nearly as off as it looks,but it is a little.
The dye bath really blew me away how deep the color went. Nearly nothing rubbed off the outside.
Greyhunter, most likely what I usually use,a pc. of Port Orford cedar from a broken arrow.
It's soft enough to give a nice seal.

Ridjrunr

Title: Re: Cherry wood capped horn
Post by: sse on April 26, 2014, 10:38:46 PM

nice work...

Title: Re: Cherry wood capped horn
Post by: ridjrunr on April 27, 2014, 01:20:47 AM

Much better

Title: Re: Cherry wood capped horn
Post by: Bigsmoke on April 27, 2014, 10:29:27 AM

What a difference that makes.
Great!!

Title: Re: Cherry wood capped horn
Post by: ridjrunr on April 27, 2014, 06:22:45 PM

Thanks big smoke,I totally agree