Gemsbok Horn How do you use this stuff?

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I just bought a Gemsbok horn and it is hollow:EEK:
I did a search in the archives and current threads NADA.
Has anybody used this? What is the best way to flatten this out for scales?
Just read the thread on Ram Horn will that apply for Gemsbok?
I plan to use the smaller end for a hidden tang blade but the ribs look really cool so I want to use that part for some scales.
Any help is appreciated!
 
Hi Bob
I had several knives rehandled with Gemsbok. The fellow who did them cut them to size with a bandsaw and then flattened the mounting side on the platten on his grinder. I like the 'first cut' the best... the ones with all the ridges
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Please post a pic when you get one finished with it.

Dave Evans
Tenino, WA
 
bob i use gemsbok horns an sheep/wild an rambulye.kudu blesbuck they are all hair horn you can heat them up in a toster oven@325 for 15 minites then clamp the between 2 peices of angle iron when there cold take then out and grind them flat on a 36 grit belt then go to an 80 just to smooth it out and you are done

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Gerome:
I was just given two sets of sheep horns. How do I treat them to get them ready to make knife handles? Thanks for the advice.

Marcel
 
Bob, I bought one a couple years ago, and like you, I was suprised to find it hollow. I filled it up with fiberglass resin. Haven't ever used it yet tho. Probably save it for some whacko sword handle or something. Is your's real dried out on the outside?? Mine was. I thought it was garbage when I first got it, but with no other ideas, I tried cleaning it with a wire wheel. It came out great. All the dry cracked stuff is gone and it makes it look real old. I wonder if I could now cut it into slabs with the resin as a backer?? It looks way too thin to use just the horn for a handle.

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My thoughts also. It is too thin to use without some kind of filler. I think what I will do is fill it with fiberglass resin tinted black and see how well that works. The ribbs are really the coolest part
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Does anybody know how far the solid part usually runs from the tip?
 
The Gemsbock horns I've met are solid for about six inches, more or less, from the tip. You can wiggle a 3' x 1/16" welding rod, or some such thing, into the horn and measure how deep it goes.

I usually saw off the tip in sections until I see just a little hole, then use a puukko to carve a mouthpiece, and blow it like a trumpet. It makes a very assertive sound.
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But then I'm making a shofar, not a knife.
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[This message has been edited by James Mattis (edited 08-07-2000).]
 
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