my first try

[Hammerhead]

my first try at scrimshaw. its on a buffalo horn i got from mongrel

[Leathermonger]

Nothing wrong with that, keep at it, practice makes perfect!

[heatherhistorian]

Good first try.

[mongrel]

Very nicely done. You seem to have a knack for that, with that being your first try.

I think you would benefit from being a member at this site: http://thehornersbench.proboards.com/

A number of folks here are members there. The forum is nothing but horns and horn-related stuff and you will see work on display there that will both inspire and challenge you -- and find people willing and able to help you to one day be able to do that sort of work yourself.

I can make a functional powder horn, have even made some fairly nice powder horns, but nowadays if I need a horn I'll get one from Rev and his wife Peach Pie, whose talents are way out of my league. Got a feeling your talent is going to develop to that level, too.

[Horner75]

Very nicely done. You seem to have a knack for that, with that being your first try.

I think you would benefit from being a member at this site: http://thehornersbench.proboards.com/

A number of folks here are members there. The forum is nothing but horns and horn-related stuff and you will see work on display there that will both inspire and challenge you -- and find people willing and able to help you to one day be able to do that sort of work yourself.

I can make a functional powder horn, have even made some fairly nice powder horns, but nowadays if I need a horn I'll get one from Rev and his wife Peach Pie, whose talents are way out of my league. Got a feeling your talent is going to develop to that level, too.

Hammerhead, Come on over, as well as anyone else who enjoys Horning, and check us out!

Rick Froehlich (Horner75)
THE HORNER BENCH
Global Moderator

[Rev]

Good start! Buffalo horns, in my opinion, are more difficult to scrim sometimes. Definitely check out the Horners bench forum. Lots of help there...

Thanks for the plug Mongrel... 

[mongrel]

A plug well-deserved, for you and Peach Pie as well as The Horner's Bench.

Here is the reason why I think so highly of Rev and his wife's work, and also the reason I won't bother making any more horns for myself. This is an applied-tip horn, very plain (as per my request -- I do not do fancy) and scrimmed with both my name on the inner surface (right side carry) and a summing-up of my attitude so far as freedom and self-respect on the face.

[Mouse]

well done, hammerhead!   

[Horner75]

Hammerhead,...Is there a reason why you scratched your deer up side down on the horn?

Rick

[Red Badger]

Rick,  I think it is a natural tendency,  When I first grabbed Di's horn to pencil in a design for her I held the horn in my left hand with the horn curving up away from me... it wasn't until she took it to start laying out the scrim that we both realized that it would be upside down when worn...  back to the drawing board.....

[Hammerhead]

i didnt realize it til i scratched it in. and i know its hard to tell but its an elk my grandpa couldnt see it very good he said rabbit

[Hanshi]

Hammerhead, that's a pretty good job IMHO.  I'm still trying to get up the nerve to try it on my two horns.  They are ugly enough and I don't want to turn them in to a Madusa.

[Hammerhead]

i got these horns off mongrel and what i did was after i cleaned em up i free handed a picture on a piece of paper after i got it where i wanted i copied it to the horn with pencil then took my sharpest knife and outlined it then the groove allowed a sharp nail to cut a little deeper

[flintboomer]

I thought it was a sheep or deer because the antlers don't show completely, but if you drew that freehand before transfering it to the horn you definitely have some talent.
You have a some choices now. You can finish the horn and use it as is, hang it up as a nice first piece but not use it, use it as a practice piece and scrim all over it, or try to sand it out and start over. There is nothing wrong with any of the choices and you did a better job with it than I could.

[Horner75]

Rick,  I think it is a natural tendency,  When I first grabbed Di's horn to pencil in a design for her I held the horn in my left hand with the horn curving up away from me... it wasn't until she took it to start laying out the scrim that we both realized that it would be upside down when worn...  back to the drawing board.....

Man, Hammerhead!...I think your granddad and I have the same eye's!...I'm kind of blind in one eye and can't see out the other!

Here!..I'll bestow a new name for you!.....You now have the Horner name of SLEEPING ELK!....I like it!

Rick