[Northkeep] Hunting Horns
Jennifer Carlson
talana1 at hotmail.com
Wed Oct 6 13:15:30 PDT 2010
And the dust can be hell on your sinuses. If you're carving with a knife, it's not an issue. A light sanding and beeswax should be sufficient for finishing. Let me know if you want instructions on cleaning out the inside or getting rid of a core (it can be a little gruesome).
Talana
> From: fitzmorgan at gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:10:29 -0500
> To: northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Hunting Horns
>
> Be sure and wear a dust mask and work in a well ventelated area. The dust from the horn can do nasty things if you get it in your lungs.
>
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Herring <j.t.herring at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 2:50 PM
> To: The Barony of Northkeep <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Hunting Horns
>
> Once I get the cow horn and get it cleaned up I can get it cut like I want for
> the mouth piece and even get the hole made possibly using a hand auger instead
> of a drill... but what I am not sure about is finishing horn in a period manner
> to get a good polished look to it.
> What would people recommend? I am thinking progressively lighter sanding then
> finishing it off with good old beeswax but want to make positive I am doing the
> right thing. Does anyone have any period documentation I could see on such a
> subject.
>
> Kindly
> Ian
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