Hornswoggled!

Great thread concept Paul, I love Ram's Horn but don't see it all that often.
Dave, nice pictorial. Lot's of variety.

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Horsewright said:
I've had buffers grab one of these guys and hurl it at 80 mph into a concrete floor (knife shops can be interesting places at such times). I'm thinking man I'm gonna have to chisel off the handle and start all over. I pick er up and can't even find the impact point on the knife.
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Not surprising you can't find the point of impact on the horn, considering what the original owner put it through during the mating season and all the other dominance battles. :)

Out of curiosity, how bad are the chips in the floor from the horn?
Do you make the duffers pay for a bag of cement mix and your time to repair the floor before you run them out of the shop?
I would.
 
This is the thread that will finally make me go mad... Mad with desire/envy that is. I've missed a few chances to score ram's horn, and each time I regretted not trying it. I still like the thread idea though, haha. It has already started off interestingly.
 
Love it with the red liners that strawberry blonde color it has I think I have seem some naturally showing such a color. I sadly don't have any to show I need some but nothing I can find atm in my price range or that I like. I prefer the light blonde color over the dark horn.
 
I am bumping this thread up to run concurrently with another thread started on the subject.
Seems like the work in this thread is extensive, and shouldn't go un-acknowledged!
 
- thank you Ramrodmb Ramrodmb and waynorth waynorth :thumbsup: I entered 'Rams Horn' in the search engine for titles only and nothing came up.........guess you can never have too much of a good thing like this...
 
Real beauties, Achillepattada!!:eek:
You have some of the most beautiful and high-quality Horn-handled knives on the planet!!:thumbsup:
 
In my experience, horn handles from France/Italy certainly seem more durable than some of the stuff you find on American & English knives (exception very old ones) By this I mean, less prone to shrink or warp. It may be using Mufflon or selected horn tip and likely the careful curing process involved?

Thanks, Will
 
Will Power said:
In my experience, horn handles from France/Italy certainly seem more durable than some of the stuff you find on American & English knives (exception very old ones) By this I mean, less prone to shrink or warp. It may be using Mufflon or selected horn tip and likely the careful curing process involved?

Thanks, Will
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French cutlers use two kinds of horn, the best quality being the tip, blonde (ox/cow of various origin) and black (Vietnamese water buffalo these days). The second, more common and much less expensive (in fact more common than other materials until recent past) is greyish with white/black flashes, called pressed horn (corne pressée), a horn that was put in boiling liquid (water?) then pressed. Personally I'm not too fond of the second though from time to time it may have a good look.
 
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