Weird Question

Any ranchers on the board? If so, do you have access to a bull/steer horn? If so, is it valuable to you, or would you be willing to part with it?

I am a city boy, and I know little in the ways of cattlery...

Going to make a drinking horn?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_horn

Yeah thats the plan . Not too many cattle herds in Queens, tho.

have you checked on ebay? searching for "drinking horn" yields several results...

I could buy one, yes, but the project of making one seems appealing...

CreamyGoodness said:

I could buy one, yes, but the project of making one seems appealing...

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i hear you on that. looks like a few folks on ebay are selling unfinished horns, too.

oh cool

I'm right in the middle of cattle country, can I have to see if I get my hands on a few now. maybe I'll even see if I can try and get some bison horn

Curse you and your really-far-away-would-have-to-go-through-customs-Canadian treachery!

Would it be that hard to send across the border in regular mail? not an endangered species or any sort of weapon, might be worthwhile checking into

Yknow what I dont know. I would think that it would be considered an agricultural product and thus disallowed... I have no idea!

you have me curious I may have to call customs and Revenue just get the answer

Anyone who drinks out of a horn is instantly bad ass in my book.

just got off the phone and apparently it is a restricted product because it is an agricultural product. I asked if I was allowed to ship a leather jacket and he said that would be no problem. so horn that they live can live without are bad but leather that you have to kill them to get is no problem. gotta love the government logic

Goofynewfie said:

just got off the phone and apparently it is a restricted product.

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All horns are I believe. Also I think it's illegal to sell antlers and other decorative parts from game animals (like a buck rack). Serious fines and trouble if you piss off the game wardens!

Awesome that you checked...

I wasn't sure if cattle would've been classified different because they were domestic animal and no special license is needed to posess meat or any other part

look to the west, montana or south to texas, the midwest seems to have bred the horns out of them

You can look at any leather supply company and they sell horns too (i.e. tandy Leather) or some balckpowder supply companies sell them to make powderhorns out of (track of the wolf)

What if it wasn't a "horn" but a beer mug? You could hot-glue a handle on it and ship it?

Creamy, you might find this useful:
http://www.hideandfur.com/inventory/2213.html
They're in Idaho, so no worries on shipping problems.
Regards, GF.

gratus fermentatio said:

Creamy, you might find this useful:
http://www.hideandfur.com/inventory/2213.html
They're in Idaho, so no worries on shipping problems.
Regards, GF.

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This is perfect!

It should be mentioned that my misadventure with the bleached pork bone derails my drinking horn train for a while... until she forgets at least.

CreamyGoodness said:

It should be mentioned that my misadventure with the bleached pork bone derails my drinking horn train for a while... until she forgets at least.

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Didn't realize this was an old topic at first, I was going to ask if you really thought your wife would let you have a horn

Lol.

I just saw this. Great idea.

How I imagine Creamy...



I think it would be awesome to have a leather viking helmet where the horns detached and were filled with ale!

Here's the viking helm I had in mind.

Come to think of it, there's numerous HBT characters in there I could name off!




For starters, Revvy is back left.

Can you get mad cow from drinking from a horn?

Honestly the thought of owning a drinking horn has never even crossed my mind until I read this thread.

Now I must own one. MUST.

Edit: just ordered 2 of them from amazon.

gratus fermentatio said:

Creamy, you might find this useful:
http://www.hideandfur.com/inventory/2213.html
They're in Idaho, so no worries on shipping problems.
Regards, GF.

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this wins the internets for the rest of the year

I can't believe I don't have one already. Lots on ebay, some really cool ones.

If you don't have one already I will see if anyone I know has one they want to get rid of.

BrewerBear said:

If you don't have one already I will see if anyone I know has one they want to get rid of.

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You know people with drinking horns just sitting around?

Made me remember this mug i had in my college days.

landshark said:

You know people with drinking horns just sitting around?

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Meant a bull or steer horn.

IXVolt said:

Lol.

I just saw this. Great idea.

How I imagine Creamy...

I think it would be awesome to have a leather viking helmet where the horns detached and were filled with ale!

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A bacon helmet? That's just awesome! Looks pretty gnarly too. Brings a whole new dimension to the term "meathead."
Regards, GF.

Now this is how you drink a beer.

I admire a man who wants to drink from a horn. I have researched this briefly and hope this helps:

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/categories/partdetail.aspx/78/1/horn-p

sonofgrok said:

Now this is how you drink a beer.

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by defying gravity?

sweetcell said:

by defying gravity?

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Absolutely.

Photos attached using the phone app rotate for some reason.