Drinking horns

[swivelsphinx]

This is an example of one of my favorite things to make for festivals- drinking horns. I line them with beeswax. The bindings are vegtan- I carve, I stamp...they are removable, and made from all kinds of grades of leather

[TomSwede]

Beautiful drinking horn I have used that celtic tooling design quite a few times and like it alot.

Tom

[swivelsphinx]

Thanks Tom!

The "triquetra" (that's what we tend to call this particular knot in the US- I don't know if this is what it's "officially" called) is one of the easier knots to do in smaller leather work for me. It's nice and neat and self-contained. It also tends to look good in multiple orientations too! I've done it on bags, horn carvings, boxes, candle holders. I even found a 1/2 inch stamp with one on it!

swivelsphinx

[calanneh]

Nice!! I love it!!

I recently purchased a horn like this from the local Tandy. I plan to do the same type of rig on mine.

could you possible pass on the pattern you use? Does it snap around the horn or are the snap riveted and the rig slids on and off?? Why are the horns on opposite side???

I'm gonna have to make mine real soon now!!

cal

[Kowboyboots]

Here is a good cheap place for the horns.

Powderhorns

[RuehlLeatherWorks]

I tend to get a lot of my materials from here: Hide and Fur

[swivelsphinx]

Here is a good cheap place for the horns.Powderhorns

Hey! Thanks for the suggestion. I would like to add a caution. Powder horns are drilled on both ends and plugged. Drinking horns ARE NOT drilled on both ends nor are they plugged! Drinking horns also are usually LINED with either beeswax or a foodsafe acrylic. Chichester may be selling horns cheaper than some, but I find them expensive in comparison to Atlantic Coral, Crazy Crow, and even Eagle Publishing. Remember- "friends don't let friends buy retail " ( ;Thanks! Swivelsphinx

I tend to get a lot of my materials from here: Hide and Fur

I'm a big fan of Moscow Hide & Fur. As I understand it,one of the two US factories that *polish* horns went out of business about 2 years ago, resulting in shortages and price hikes. I used to get *really* huge ones from Eaglecraft!

[swivelsphinx]

Nice!! I love it!!

I recently purchased a horn like this from the local Tandy. I plan to do the same type of rig on mine.

could you possible pass on the pattern you use? Does it snap around the horn or are the snap riveted and the rig slids on and off?? Why are the horns on opposite side???

I'm gonna have to make mine real soon now!!

cal

Excellent!

Well, an ex of mine came up with the strap rig you see pictured. I've refined it a little. *All you need to know about that rig is that everything is riveted, and all tabs and straps can be found in Al Stohlman's Case Books!* The straps go into the D rings on the bands via swivel straps now- I used to use a different method which was persnickety.

The SwivelSphinx

[Kowboyboots]

I see that the price that showed up on the website of Chichester is the retail. I have been paying $6 for the big ones.

I laser engrave the award on them for black powder shoots.

Sorry for not stating that I did know the difference in drinking & powder, Chichester has both.

But Moscow has good prices too.