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Offline ridjrunr

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Local relic horn
« on: November 26, 2020, 06:50:14 PM »
A motley little horn found at a local junk shop. It does have a nive 8 sided tip and walnut base plug. I've since filled the bug chew areas with beeswax and am contiplating doing a rawhide wrap where the base plug meets horn.
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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2020, 06:59:35 PM »
Chew area
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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2020, 09:56:18 PM »
What a beautiful old horn!  :hairy  :applaud   :*:

If you need a bit of deer rawhide to use as a repair,... just let me know.  :hairy :shake
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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2020, 11:52:03 PM »
That's going to make a dandy horn when repaired!
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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2020, 01:36:10 PM »
That's mighty purty!  A rawhide wrap looks imperative.   :bl th up

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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2020, 08:22:59 AM »
Cool find,  keep us posted on the progress.
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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2020, 11:25:17 PM »
I decided to go ahead and repair using period like materials, rawhide, beezwax and linen thread.
I first filled the chew area with beezwax and let it set up good and hard.
Fellow TMA brother Rondo was kind enough to send me some deer rawhide, which is much thinner and easier to work with than cattle rawhide, thanks Rondo!
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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2020, 11:39:28 PM »
The method was very straight forward, measure and cut out the 7"x1" pc of rawhide, soak in warm water for a few minutes, punch some holes and lace it up! I also put a 1"x1" pc of rawhide underneath the seam where the lacing is. As it was drying it was clear it would tighten up and form around the juncture of the horn to base plug.

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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2020, 05:58:59 AM »
Looks good Dan. :bl th up
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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2020, 07:36:46 AM »
I agree with Hank, that does look good!  :hairy
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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2020, 11:14:08 AM »
Good job Dan!  :applaud  :hairy

Here's a tip when lacing your rawhide,.... after lacing and tying your double knots, slide your needle and thread back between the horn and rawhide (about 1" and at about a 45 degree angle to your lacing) and bring the needle and thread back up through your rawhide then cut the thread off flush with the rawhide.
As the rawhide dries and shrinks it will lock the tail of your thread in place between the hide and horn which helps prevent the possibility of your knot coming untied.  :bl th up
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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2020, 05:00:12 PM »
Well done there Dan! 2 thumbs up!  :hairy :hairy
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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2020, 09:59:32 PM »
That should be good for another 100 years or so!  :hairy

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Re: Local relic horn
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2020, 01:27:52 PM »
Looking good.  Feels good putting old things back in service.
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Local relic horn
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2020, 02:36:06 PM »
Thanks ya'll, it was a fun little project with the bonus of being a usable horn. I'll see if this holds enough 3F to get me through a woodswalk at our monthly club shoot using my .36 Ohio rifle.
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