Hornswoggled!

[SlothSid]

Thank you Charlie

 

[knowtracks]

Just had to bring these Beauties over to the second page!!

Dave

 

[knowtracks]

A couple that belong here!

Dave

 

[knowtracks]

Dave

 

[Rookie82]

I love the diversity in the horn on those knives shown already. Here is an older pic of some of my horn, all buffalo horn in this shot.

 

[North Shore]

Not a great picture but here is an old 84mm SAK tourist in buffalo horn, next time I'm at my collection I'll grab a better picture.

 

[Jack Black]

A couple that belong here!

Dave

Dave

Wow! Those are all absolute beauties Dave, and look to be in fantastic condition

 

[FOG2]

Ohhh Lawdee me! Stunning collection sir!

 

[waynorth]

Killer collection Dave!! With tang stamps I've never seen before!
Thanks to you for persisting with PB!! (and to Photobucket for diegning* to allow you to post the pics!!)


*deign;
to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority!
sigh!!

 

[knowtracks]

Thank you Jack and Charlie!!
I was lucky to acquire these a few years back!


Dave

 

[Pàdruig]

A couple that belong here!

Dave

Dave

I love the diversity in the horn on those knives shown already. Here is an older pic of some of my horn, all buffalo horn in this shot.

A bunch of beauties shown here... I am going to have to start doing some looking but horn and lambsfoot in particular might have to be part of my near future. Thanks for sharing guys.

 

[knowtracks]

A couple of newer knives with horn scales.....


Dave

 

[Horsewright]

This project (the two knives above) got me playing with buffalo leather too.

Three elk handled bowies. The sheaths are water buffalo leather, the frogs are water buffalo tanned a different way and the accent shields on the sheaths are American Bison.

 

[smiling-knife]

Great looking knives everyone. This is a French pruning knife circa early 1900s.

 

[waynorth]

Thanks again, Dave G!!
Beautiful work, Dave F!!
A wonderful old Beauty, Steve!!

 

[knowtracks]

Beautiful Work Dave! Thanks for sharing those!
Did you say tang stamps Charlie????
One more nice oldie!

Dave

 

[waynorth]

You're killing me Dave! What cutlery treasure!!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Charlie- outstanding Knives- all of them - But that JR !! Wow! beautiful!

Augie....I have always like the Buck 110 for a backpocket- Jacket Pocket Carry- and that Rama Horn is Spectacular- I do hear that even when wet that the Rams Horn really sticks to the hand and doesnt slip around. - What a neat Knife my friend!

Dave ( Knowtracks) - What Charlie said.... What beuaties- and what awesome Tang Stamps and Blade Stampings/etchings- I cant get enough of the early English / American heavy stamping. Fantastic examples my friend- a real pleasure to view!

S-K as always mate, splendid example!

 

[Bartleby]

Great looking knives everyone. This is a French pruning knife circa early 1900s.

This one quietly says a lot about the durability of horn as a handle material. It has seen good honest work, but looks ready to get back to it! Impressive material as someone's daily user on a farm, especially considering it is bolsterless. Great stuff, SK! Given the title of the thread (thanks Waynorth!), it is interesting to get a chance to see examples of both the durability as well as the beauty this classic material. Great to see!

 

[The Amazing Virginian]

Question/ challenge-
Whats the rarest type of horn used on a knife? Obviously not cow or ram, nor buffalo(which is essentially a cow with attitude).
The Bison (American Buffalo) perhaps or something rarer-Antler doesn't count because its not horn.
Goat?
A specific species of wild sheep or goat- eg Ibex or Barbary sheep?
must be something out there.

Unicorn horn is the rarest. I have never seen even one yet.

My favorites are cape buffalo horn, and musk ox horn (which is on the knife in my avatar).