Springbok horn

[indian george]

Has anyone tried this?? Fill the horn with resin, insert tang let harden then drill and pin. I usually fill horn with resin then drill it out for the tang.

 

[Tom Militano]

I do basicly the same thing George, except I only fill it up about a quarter of the way. I shape a piece of wood to fit inside the horn, epoxy it in there and when it dries I drill and pin it. It saves a lot on epoxy and I think it adds a little strength to the horn. Just my way of doing it, I'm sure there are plenty of other ways to do it also.

 

[Daniel Koster]

George - I purchased one of the horns you alerted us to off eBay. I've been wondering the best way to do it. I was planning to use a wood insert like Tom mentioned. However, this resin idea caught my curiosity. What is it? How much? Where to get it?

Thanks!

Dan

 

[indian george]

Dan: It is the fiberglass resin. You can get in Home Depot, WalMart and etc. It was $5-6 (I think) for a quart.

 

[Dan Gray]

George
I'd Fill the horn with the resin, insert tang let harden then drill and pin or
barb the tang

if the thing gets whacked hard enough
to brake the resin that pin won't hold anyway that horn is thin,

you could use the tiger hair bondo in the place of resin for strength
or even use coat hanger wire in the resin like rebar in cement.

for the time and over head it would take "drilling"
compared to the savings
on resin I'd go for the time
the time would be worth way more on another job.

just a few Ideas

 

[indian george]

Tiger Hair, good idea. I haven't used that in years. How about rolling up the fiberglass cloth and insert it into the horn??? The drill it for the tang.

 

[Dan Gray]

sure but I'd think it would cause more of a weak point if drilling
and personally I don't like fiberglass dust, I believe the tiger hair
is the glass just not messing with fabric just my opinion

 

[J. Neilson]

George, I fill the horn with 2-ton epoxy, insert the tang, set and tighten the nut/pommel and let it set. I first tried filling the spaces with wood and such but, I've gotten to like the pure epoxy filling.