I made the cylinder cap out of black Buffalo horn. It's an awsome material to work with however it's harder than most metals so it takes some time to make it in the perfect shape.
I don't have any pictures from the start
But the raw horn looks like this then you successively work down to a small piece using saws filing and sanding
I drilled holes and fitted through four brass screws
And btw that spring in the cylinder isn't supposed to be there, idk why may placed it there so it wouldn't roll away :)
The piston will be there and the spring in the light brown Teak block which hold the piston with some pressure
These blogs have started to quite rough and less documented but that's cause I really try to work as a efficiently as possible at the time I'm working on the project. I cannot just do it when I want since I'm doing it at school
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Comments (2)
Really like the woods you used. Just wondering, how ethical is it to purchase or sell horns in your country? Are they ethically sourced or poached?
Considering Sweden is such a northern country, Illegal hunting of this kind of horn doesn't really happen here so it's therefore imported. It's mostly sold in legit hobby-woodworking-knifemaking sort of stores and I hope it's responsible sourced. So I would assume it's not that big of a deal when buying a small reasonable amount of horns, or more, such as for a school in my case. Also here where I live hunting is quite popular (deers moose etc) for meat, horns and for a balance of animals in the woods. However this is very strictly controlled by laws and not to mention the important weapon license for hunting