Cow horn pen-fixed picture sorry

[Snazzypens]

I have a cow horn pen this is the horn I found yesterday that I was asking about..I did not let it dry. [:I] the red part is acrylic. I drilled through the side of the horn.
I look forward to your feedback both good and bad.
bye Toni


Got a better photo I hope.[:I]

This is a close up of the horn section on top

 

[jughead]

From here it looks a little thin.[][][]. I cant see it at all.

 

[Snazzypens]

Sorry Jughead
Toni

 

[jughead]

Great looking pen. I read your post about it yesterday and am glad you posted the photo. I like it. Was it hard to turn??

 

[Snazzypens]

very little at a time or she chips badly. but if you just take little bits at a time. no such thing as rushing
Toni[]

 

[Jim in Oakville]

Hi Toni,

I like the look of that horn, I am not into bone turning but the look gives it a nice different look that some of the more porous materials I have seen.

A save is a save, this one looks fine to me, well done[]

 

[TellicoTurning]

Toni,
I think cow horns are hollow...
unless Aussie cows are different from Texas cows.[][]

How did you get a blank thick enough to hold a tube.. layers glued together[?][?]

 

[Snazzypens]

Mate they are except this horn had never been de tipped and the tip is solid down about 2-3" and that where I got the blanks from. also i noticed the closer it gets to the top the thicker the walls became. Like you may even get a slimline out of the walls if cut the piece wider. Oh well I find another one one day or go see our local butcher..[]
bye
toni

 

[TellicoTurning]

Boy if you could get a Texas Longhorn that was solid at the tip, you might a foot or so of usable horn... there was a small herd in Humble, Texas (there really such a place) that had one steer that must have had 6 or 7 feet between horn tips.

 

[Snazzypens]

perhaps, I have no idea it be right if you could. that set you in blanks until you got real sick of turning them[] I love to see a rack that big..
Toni

 

[leatherjunkie]

Wow.. that looks great[:0]

Dang i do learn something new every day[B)]
I did not know that cow horns were de tipped.

You did a great job on the pen

 

[Snazzypens]

I don't know if they do in the us but Australia we do
Toni

 

[TellicoTurning]

We usually just de-horn them completely... sometimes an old cow will down right cranky and it better if she's not packing horns.

 

[Snazzypens]

Well here in Winton some might only get in the yard for the first time full grown and they just clip off the tips.
Toni

 

[Snazzypens]

Originally posted by ozmandus
<br />there was a small herd in Humble, Texas (there really such a place) that had one steer that must have had 6 or 7 feet between horn tips.

My brother was wondering do you have any pictures. he would love to see a photo of that size horn.
Thanks Toni

 

[johncrane]

thats a horn'e looking pen Toni []

 

[Snazzypens]

[][] yep he could get quite crude[]
Toni

 

[brokenbit]

This one live in FL.

Bernie

 

[Snazzypens]

thanks..Look like she got a headache. Poor thing. That is amazing.
Toni