Tim L
Pilgrim
What do you use?
Do you oil. rub into them, coat them with any thing.
I use olive oil.
Do you oil. rub into them, coat them with any thing.
I use olive oil.
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You should be a little more specific as to what you are asking...What do you use?
Not necessary to do anything to them. But do not store in a confined place. You will find the full of holes eaten there by buggies. Mine hang free.
Like others, I just take a little bees' wax and rub it onto the horn, paying attention to the area around the butt end where I've drilled and inserted round tooth picks, partly for decoration, and partly as a belt and suspenders way of securing the base plug. (And here I suppose some one will chime in and say "Awwww Cruzatte, ya don't hafta do that....." And maybe he'd be right.)
Good idea. I like it. They look pretty ferocious. I have thought the thorns from our local honey locust trees might be pretty good, too. Next horn I assemble, I might try that.I like the thorns of hawthorn trees. Tougher than toothpicks. These bad boys take out garden tractor tires.
I'd speak with a conservator at a museum if your horn is from ~1780. I'd hate for you to ruin a piece of history...I have an old horn dated around 1780. I use it, nothin fancy at all. never thought about treating it, but after reading this it seems like a good idea.
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