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#2 Applied Tip Powder Horn
« on: September 11, 2023, 06:07:30 PM »
Here is the next horn in my series of applied tip horns.
14" overall on the bottom curve, less the baseplug.  About 2 1/2" in diameter at the base.
Right side carry.
Quite translucent.





The tip started out to be a totally different design, but by the time I removed all the delaminations, it took on a life of its own.  Kind of looks like the nipple on a baby bottle to me now. :P
Birch pegs secure the baseplug.
Thanks for looking, as always comments/ critiques welcome.
I will be putting it up for sale next week sometime.
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Re: #2 Applied Tip Powder Horn
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2023, 08:38:38 PM »
looks like you're starting to get the hang of this hon making thing, another 10 or 20 years and you might be ok! :yessir: :lol sign
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Re: #2 Applied Tip Powder Horn
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2023, 11:53:56 AM »
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looks like you're starting to get the hang of this hon making thing, another 10 or 20 years and you might be ok!

I think in another 20 years, I will be making horns in the Great Workshop in the Sky.  Not too sure about the demand for them there, though.

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Re: #2 Applied Tip Powder Horn
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2023, 03:59:18 PM »
Very nice!  Does that have a staple on the butt for the carrying strap?

Would it be possible to use a single color background for your photos?  The baby bottle teat is a tad hard to make out for my aging eyes!  :laffing

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Re: #2 Applied Tip Powder Horn
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2023, 07:09:21 PM »






Sorry, Kees, that tablecloth is pretty busy, isn't it?  But colorful, for sure.
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Re: #2 Applied Tip Powder Horn
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2023, 07:55:19 AM »
Thank you John!  It IS a baby bottle nipple!  :luff:

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Re: #2 Applied Tip Powder Horn
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2023, 09:28:49 AM »
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I like that the horn's thin enough to see the wood grain of the hidden portion of the plug..  :toast
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