Thread: Drinking Horns

I'll post pics as soon as I'm able, probably tomorrow night. In the mean time, take a look at this link:
Drinking+Horn+solarkult.jpg (image)

This horn was carved by Freki Jungnickel and is an incredible piece of art. That's what got me interested in carving a horn. Why do you say to think twice Wulfgar? Is there something to look out for if I try it?

wow that is some beautiful work....

Seen quite a few drinking horns at re-enactor's fairs.

What I would like more is a pint leather jack. My daughter has one but won't let me have it!

Still, I do have a pewter tankard from the original RMS Queen Elizabeth which accompanies me on my morris team's outings!

hey Galopede

i have a few friends that make the leather pint tankards...they sell at all the Renne Fairs on the east coast here...i never bought one but they look sharp and last a long time...i perfer the drinking horns myself!

so it your looking to buy one an you can't get one in the UK somewhere let me know i'll get you the website!

Ciao
Wulfgar

Originally Posted by Wulfgar

hey Galopede

i have a few friends that make the leather pint tankards...they sell at all the Renne Fairs on the east coast here...i never bought one but they look sharp and last a long time...i perfer the drinking horns myself!

so it your looking to buy one an you can't get one in the UK somewhere let me know i'll get you the website!

Ciao
Wulfgar

Thanks for that Wulfgar. No problem finding them here in the UK, they are next to the horns at the re-enactor's fairs! Just a bit short of cash at the moment and I'm still working on getting my daughter's one as she doesn't use it much. I have a few friends that use them for cider as the acid doesn't eat into the pewter that most morris men carry.

Most of the ones I've seen are pitch lined though I have seen a couple of beeswax ones.

The pewter tankards are very popular with morris teams as we can buy a pint in one pub then wander down the road to the next with it! The pubs can get a bit snotty if you take their glasses with you! Also they don't break when you fall on them. Once saw one of my team fall off a bus head first into his tankard after he'd put it on the floor then got back on as he'd forgotten something. The tankard survived.

Gareth

personally lumberjack i think it's easier to slip up with a dremel tool than using a good set of sharp carving tools...but the pics you have up there with the celtic knots on them look like it was a combo of dremel and drills and carving...there is no wrong way brothir...just have fun..mistakes are the way we become who we are and correcting the mistakes are how we progress into better thinkers and better students!

i never made one myself but i like an non-polished too some of my friends have one and they look awesome
i have an normal polished one without carvings but the one shown above is great