Cool things you’ve done with horns/antlers?

[AK Troutbum]

I’m looking for different ideas of cool/interesting things to do with horns and antlers. I picked up an old sheep mount and planned on cutting the horns off of it and doing something but I can’t quite figure out what to use them for. I was initially thinking that I would use them down at our cabin for door handles, but I can’t really come up with a good idea. I definitely want to use them at the cabin, but for what, I don’t know. Does anybody have any ideas they’d like to share? This may be a tall order, because we have a lot of antlers in there that we’ve repurposed for various things, but as of yet we don’t have any sheep or goat horns repurposed for anything. I also have several sets of goat horns that I’d like to use for something, if anybody has any ideas.

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[WCB]

Check out Wyoming Backcountry Decor http://www.wyobackcountrydecor.com/ they use replicas but it can give you ideas. they use single horns for decorations.

The problem you may have is the core is still in a bondoed to the sheath. May have to grind a bunch of that out somehow.

 

[Azone]

A sheep horn bow would be pretty cool.

Candle holders.

Possible wine bottle rack.

 

[VernAK]

I replaced the scales on my Dozier knife with sheep horn......looks great and not slippery.

Pic available

I also took sheep horns and lashed em onto a Trapper Nelson packboard......I kinda like it.

 

[yhc]

Not sure about sheep horns but I have made knife handles and Sitka black tail deer call from moose antlers.


(knife maker: Mike Miller)

(on the L is made out of roe deer antler and the R is a tip of a moose antler that’s getting transformed into a deer call)

 

[Tcole75]

When I get home I'll get a picture of it. We made a chandelier type thing off the bucks weve shot thru the years. My next goal after I successfully kill my first bull elk is to use the antlers for my shower doors.

 

[mtnwrunner]

They make great gifts to guys in Idaho...………………...

Randy

 

[AK Troutbum]

They make great gifts to guys in Idaho...………………...

Randy

I like the way you think Randy!

This is what I was initially thinking about doing, pictures from a local restaurant, but I’m not really sold on that look.

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[Bowhunting WI]

I made lamps out of some chewed up sheds I had laying around and some euro mount whitetails I shot with my bow back when I was a kid. To make them look a bit more fancy, I had the euro mounts dipped in snow camo. Word to the wise, do your own dusting in your man cave, otherwise there's a good chance your wife will break the nose bones off your euro mount while dusting.
I wanted cool antler type lamps for my man cave and a local-ish store had some for like $400 per lamp. Since I'm cheap and had the sheds and euro mounts laying around, I just made my own.

 

[dieNqvrs]

Lots of different options. Keep whole or cut up?

A Family member took an old found set of sheep horns and attached to a wooden family name sign. “Home of the xxxxxxx family” with the horn on either side. Could do “xxxxx cabin” and horns on either side.

I am gonna make a coat rack out of a few cow musk ox horn tips. Could do the same with goat horns and or sheep tips.

Towel holder in the bathroom with the sheep horns?

Also have seen drawers/cabinet pulls from antlers. Make some with sheep horn slabs?

Seen buffalo horn tankard mugs, maybe some kind of sheep horn mug?

Have made a few buttons for hats with muskox horn.

Seen belt buckles with sheep horn

Have seen some home made chupacabra skulls created by combining two different species. Would look pretty awesome attached to a big brown bear for conversation sake.

Seen some nice knife handles made out of horn material. This is muskox horn slabs from lower portion of horn.

 

[weekender7]

Made four of these:

 

[AK Troutbum]

Those are some good ideas for sure. Here are a few things we have already done in the cabin using antlers.
Pull down deer antler handles, for a Murphy bed.

Elk antler hand rail coming down the stairs.

Deer antler shotgun rack.

Deer antler toilet paper holder.

All of our curtains are hung up using deer antlers, along with the curtain pull backs, are also made out of deer antlers.

Also an elk antler coat hanger, and all the handles for the cabinets and drawers, in the kitchen, are made out of deer antlers.



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[dieNqvrs]

Here are 2 antler chandeliers I have as well.

 

[Dexter Grayson]

Here are 2 antler chandeliers I have as well.

You just had to get the bighorn in there didn't you?

 

[GetWestern]

As said above you could hollow out the sheep horn and make a cool drinking mug or something that would be sweet. Also my old man takes elk antlers and turns them on a lathe and turns them into cow calls by installing a pre made kit into the turned antler.

 

[Moosehunter]

Here are 2 antler chandeliers I have as well.

Love the sheep mount!! Super jealous!...
O the moose antlers are cool to....

 

[GShaw]

 

[tgus59]

I made lamps out of some chewed up sheds I had laying around and some euro mount whitetails I shot with my bow back when I was a kid. To make them look a bit more fancy, I had the euro mounts dipped in snow camo. Word to the wise, do your own dusting in your man cave, otherwise there's a good chance your wife will break the nose bones off your euro mount while dusting.
I wanted cool antler type lamps for my man cave and a local-ish store had some for like $400 per lamp. Since I'm cheap and had the sheds and euro mounts laying around, I just made my own.

Do you have more photos of the lamps? I'd love to try to replicate that, but I'm not super handy.

 

[HiRidge]

I love the deer on the Trapper Nelson!! GShaw is that a mount of yours or just a pic you found? Either way it's definitely unique.

 

[mountainhawks]

This is probably not helpful to you at all but if anyone ever tries to attack me in my bed they’re in trouble