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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Scrimshaw powder horn
« Reply #30 on: February 24, 2011, 02:34:35 pm »
I love this stuff, anyone have any ideas/tips on where to find horns locally as opposed to commercially?

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Re: Scrimshaw powder horn
« Reply #31 on: February 24, 2011, 02:53:09 pm »
Ask around ....local farmers and ranchers usually just haul their dead cattle to a certain spot and let nature run its course....after about a week the outer shell of the horn is slipping...and you can gather them easy....or maybe a local butcher shop that still does local slaughtering....
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Scrimshaw powder horn
« Reply #32 on: February 24, 2011, 03:24:32 pm »
Quote from: El Destructo on February 24, 2011, 02:53:09 pm
Ask around ....local farmers and ranchers usually just haul their dead cattle to a certain spot and let nature run its course....after about a week the outer shell of the horn is slipping...and you can gather them easy....or maybe a local butcher shop that still does local slaughtering....

Cool!  Thanks El Destructo
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Re: Scrimshaw powder horn
« Reply #33 on: February 24, 2011, 10:53:34 pm »
Wow robby,  beautiful work. I am planning to make a viking Drinking horn, and those have me inspired. I love the carving work.
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Re: Scrimshaw powder horn
« Reply #34 on: February 25, 2011, 12:23:35 am »
Quote from: Lee Slikkers on February 24, 2011, 03:24:32 pm
Cool!  Thanks El Destructo

No Problem...Us Michiganders have to stick together....even if you are a TROLL.....and not a Yooper....you had no choice what side of Da Bridge you was born.... >:D
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Scrimshaw powder horn
« Reply #35 on: February 25, 2011, 12:57:48 am »
Quote from: El Destructo on February 25, 2011, 12:23:35 am
Quote from: Lee Slikkers on February 24, 2011, 03:24:32 pm
Cool!  Thanks El Destructo

No Problem...Us Michiganders have to stick together....even if you are a TROLL.....and not a Yooper....you had no choice what side of Da Bridge you was born.... >:D

Tis True!  Would it help to say I've shot more ducks & geese in the UP than I have down here in Holland over the year?  LOL  What area of do you "hail" from?
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Re: Scrimshaw powder horn
« Reply #36 on: February 25, 2011, 01:09:24 am »
I was born in Ishpeming...in Marquette County...grew up on the Shore of Lake Superior....and now I live in a Friggin Desert...can ya believe it.... >:(
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Offline Timo

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Re: Scrimshaw powder horn
« Reply #37 on: February 25, 2011, 09:48:22 am »
Nice scratchin on that horn!

As for those looking for horn, check on your local veterinarian,they de horn throughout the year.just ask if they would keep a few for ya. Most the time they aren't the best for scrimshaw, but still make good horns.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Scrimshaw powder horn
« Reply #38 on: February 26, 2011, 05:35:41 pm »
Quote from: theleatherk on February 24, 2011, 10:49:49 am
Stickbender- I will certainly try to scrape/sand it and redo, but I'm not sure how far I'm willing to push it as it is my first piece and I don't want to redo the eagle, mostly... I know all about the preforms, by the way.  ;D

I would encourage you to leave the horn as it is.  There is such a thing as "doing it to death".  Leave it as is, it's your first, and there will be only one first!  Like bows, just grab another and start over with a new vision. 

By the way, do you do pen and ink sketches or pencil sketches?  If you do, I want to send you some photos and have you render them in p&i or pencil for me.  If they work out, I'll have you do them on a powderhorn I have ready to be scrimmed.  I have a friend that is not long for this world and I want her portrait on a horn.

Thanks,
John
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Re: Scrimshaw powder horn
« Reply #39 on: February 26, 2011, 08:15:56 pm »
John,

I haven't sketched in ages but am pretty good with both pen and ink and pencil. Either way, send the pics to my email (laveykm@gmail.com) and I'll get started on them! I would love to help you!

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