Horn!!!!

[DC]

Well, I called my own bluff and ordered some horn from Vietnam. I ordered it last Wed morning and received it just now. It looks good but I don't know anything about horn. It's all cut .4"(1cm) thick and 1 3/4"(4cm) wide. The longest is 31" and shortest is 27". It thins out toward the base of the horn. How thin can the thinnest part be when I'm cutting the finished pieces?

[Pat B]

DC, please do a build along preparing and using the horn. I have a horn bow in my future so it would be a big help.

[gorazd]

The thinnest part will go on the siyahs... more important is enough thickness left in the bending part of the horn - there should be at least 5-6mm ... considering that you must sand both parts to be of the equal thickness along whole length. And during this sanding you will loose some thickness...

Well, I called my own bluff and ordered some horn from Vietnam. I ordered it last Wed morning and received it just now. It looks good but I don't know anything about horn. It's all cut .4"(1cm) thick and 1 3/4"(4cm) wide. The longest is 31" and shortest is 27". It thins out toward the base of the horn. How thin can the thinnest part be when I'm cutting the finished pieces?

[DC]

DC, please do a build along preparing and using the horn. I have a horn bow in my future so it would be a big help.

I was hoping someone else had done one. I'm going in absolutely blind. I think I'll bite the bullet and get Adams book.

[stuckinthemud]

Check my 'numpty questions ' thread on page 3, it might be useful

[DC]

Page 3 of Horn bows?? I can't find it.

Found it on page 2.

[stuckinthemud]

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,60947.0.html

[DC]

Thanks Stuck, good stuff there. I've bookmarked it.