Thread: The Corsican Ram project

I was asked to document my progress on this Corsican Rams horn. Here's a Coriscan Ram for reference.



I started off with this piece of horn.





When it arrived I scrubbed it down to get the funk off of it. Then proceeded to cut it along the thick bands that run longitudinally with the horn. My goal is to save the outer bark. I do not plan on polishing it smooth like the tip of the horn has been. It will end up just like every other streaked cow horn and that's not what I want. Heres the first set of rough cuts. I can get two sets of scales out of it. The inner curve is much thinner than the outer curve. It should flatten and straighten out much easier. But for my first project, Im after the outer curve bark.







I think I may stain them even blacker since they are a bit lighter than the original picture shows. Im going to wait until Im almost done shaping before I decide on that. The polished end Im thinking about making the pivot end. That way I can have more of the ridges showing on the fatter wedge end.

Time to heat, flatten, sand the inside smooth and repeat as necessary.

To be continued...