Doug Freyburger wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>>
>>> I drink wine or whatever from crystal on rare occasions. I have some
>>> but use my glass and plastic far more often. Heck, I use my drinking
>>> horns more often than my entire set of crystal. It's fun having an ale
>>> or mead from a drinking horn.
>> Cool! I sometimes think about getting horn sups.
>
> I had some email discussion about horns recently. Here are parts abut
> sources ...
>
> For hobby tools for leather working that will also work for horn working -
> http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/ They also have a limited selection of
> cow horns which are the standard for drinking, sounding, powder horns and
> great for all occasions. My original drinking horn that is still my standard is
> from when they still had a few walk up stores open. They've long since
> switched all of their walk up stores to Radio Shack. They have probably
> been separate companies for years.
>
> For the horns themselves - http://www.hideandfur.com/ They even have bison
> and goat horns, all sorts of antlers, all sorts of fur and bones and such. It
> is extremely cool to make a horn holder out of antler.
>
> Any local hobby/craft store will have the tools you want. I have a Dremel that
> I used to whittle the wooden stand that I've used for many years now with my
> original drinking horn. A board about the same size as the horn. Open and
> taper an oval hole in the center. Slant one side of the bottom edge to
> establish a front and back to the board. Round all other edges. Etch
> in pre-runic symbols, runes, whatever. On mine I even have "alu mead
> kafi beer" in runes on the front as a sort of menu and the whole elder
> futhark on the back as a reference tool. Put the horn in the hole. If
> you slanted the bottom edge and sized the hole correctly they will
> lock together to make an X shape from the side. Pour in that ale. Well
> received every time I have ever taken it to a pub.
>
> This week I'm curing new drinking horn. The main task is to draw out the
> nasty bits that a Dremel could not reach. Some coat their horns some don't -
> I don't so I can have coffee in mine. Some scrimshaw their horns some don't -
> I etched my wooden stand instead.
>
> Somewhere I still have a water buffalo horn that I never did finishing cleaning
> out the nasty bits. A few years of drying in storage should make that easier
> now.

Ah. You make your own. Kudos to you. I'd have to buy a cup. At
least those nasty bits shouldn't be an issue.

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Jean B.