Author Topic: I came upon a little bit of Buffalo horn. (Read 1297 times)

SAWgunner · « **on:** November 16, 2003, 06:17:04 AM »

My father-in-law works with tools like Davinci worked with paint. We are planning on making some buffalo horn grips for my SUper Blackhawk and Old Army. He said that it can be done, and we are going to try it out. Anyone ever made custom grips for these guns or others? He mentioned something about steaming the horn to flatten it out. Another thing he mentioned is that we will have to add some sort of epoxy to the center and put a cap on the butt of the grips because they are hollow starting about 2.5 inches from the point of the horn. By the way, he workd with horn quite a bit in his furniture making, so it is not the blind leading the blind. If any one has any tips, please drop me a line.

SAW

SAWgunner · « **Reply #1 on:** November 21, 2003, 03:57:16 PM »

Okay...Does anyone have horn grips on their revolvers that they can show me a picture of?

gunnut69 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 21, 2003, 06:45:33 PM »

Most all of the horn I've used was water buffalo horn and was thick enough to make the complete grip..

SAWgunner · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2003, 12:05:28 PM »

s it from your personal collection, or did you purchase it from somewhere? If you did buy it, I would like to know where. Thanks

SAW

gunnut69 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 22, 2003, 06:44:43 PM »

DixieGunworks used to have slabs about 3/8 inch thick and large enough for some grips. NewEngland Custom Guns advertised blocks big enough for forearm tips. The stuff is difficult to find but can still be had.

SAWgunner · « **Reply #5 on:** November 26, 2003, 06:46:00 AM »

Thanks again, Gun nut.

Prince of Wales · « **Reply #6 on:** November 28, 2003, 07:38:55 AM »

Jantz Supply in Davis Ok sells buffalo horn slabs for use as knife handles. They have sheep and many others as well. Good luck. Bob Ingman

buffaloman · « **Reply #7 on:** August 29, 2004, 05:05:29 PM »

I have several real american buffalo horns which might fit your needs. Let me know. Except for the old bull horns ( 7 years +), they are relativiely inexpensive.