horn sources in germany

hi, contact Martin Hyslop, [email protected].
Great waterbuffalo horn, Martin lives in Scotland. He knows what hornbowyers need. Good prices, quick delivery.
Michael

You live in germany than why don't you order it from www.dick.biz .
It is not porno site. Thay are in town Matten near austria and czech. Order a free catalog with 160 full color pages. My friend ordered one strip and he was pleased with recived piece.

thanx a lot to both of you. I am going to look into this in a day or two and let you know how it worked out.

Hi, don?t buy the horn-strips from the Dick Company.
This is a alluring offer, but most of these horns will break, cause they don?t know how to cut the horn the right way!
Michael

That is good thing to know. :)

stefandemeter wrote:

does anyone have any idea where I can get in germany adequate hornmaterial for turkish bows?

Peter Cua can send you horn from the Philippines Many bowyers use his horn. <[email protected]>

How much is pair of horn strips from peter cua? Price is main problem for me. I am beginner so I am not willing to destroy my money. :?

I have gotten an offer to buy and test Ankole-cattle or Watussi-cattle horns.

has anyone worked with such horns before? is it worth trying to work with them?

Hi, I don?t know these Ankole-cattle horns but my experience with horns from watussis is very bad. To brittle, to thin, twisted.....................
Michael

so can anyone of you pros give me an idea what kind of h?rns you are using and where you get them from.

I'd like also to start a new topic on step to step descriprion how to build a turkish hornbow. what do you think about that?

many thany for any feed-back,
stefan

hi again, I use the reflexed parts of the waterbuffalo-horns. I buy them from Martin Hyslop.
Michael

hi michael,

do you buy them in strips or whole?
how much are they?


stefan

what kind of bows do you make? I live in ulm so we could talk on the phone if you dont mind.

stefan

hi Stefan, I?ve sent you a private message.
Michael

I contacted Martin Hyslop, they have a very good supply of water buffalo horn and cater for the composite bow maker. They also sell cow horn and red deer sinew. I make quivers and I wanted to try using horn strip as a decorative border around the face of the quiver. Cow horn appears to be a more striking colour for this purpose and I am waiting for his reply whether cow horn is sold in strips also.
To view the products they sell visit www.highlandhorn.com there are many sizes of horn strip and the prices look very competitive.

These are quivers I made with a hardwood frame, designed to hold six arrows (ideal for club training nights when a full quiver is not necessary). The quiver incorporating a painting was my wife's idea, it turned out quite successful by laminating my watercolour.
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