[Jacob-list] horn, supplies and working with

[fourhornfarm]

Hello Woodson,

    We save our horns and skulls and I have made knives, letter openers, 
shepherds' hooks and walking sticks with horn handles. Please visit our web 
site at www.4hornfarm.com

Carl Fosbrink
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Woodson Gannaway" <wtg12345 at mac.com>
To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:58 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] horn, supplies and working with



> Dear Friends,

>

> I came across your list while trying to find info on the net about  sheep 

> horns that are black. When I lived in (The Canary Islands,)  Spain 15-20 

> years ago I became an experienced hornworker as part of  the work I did 

> there. I guess I worked up 1000-2000 goat and sheep  horns during that 

> time. We made them into smallish pieces that were  part of the handle of 

> the traditional style knife of that region. For  contrast we used both 

> black and amber colored horns.

>

> Reading the list archives back a year turned up exactly one person  asking 

> about using horn. I wonder: when an animal with good-sized  horns dies do 

> you save the horns? If you (plural) don't, would you? I  would like to get 

> a small number each year, and maybe some of you  would enjoy making things 

> from them too.

>

> I am starting to do that same work again now and hope to have supplies  of 

> black, white, amber, and whatever other colors of horn are available.

>

> Sincerely,

> Woodson Gannaway

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