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DIY Components - Horns

Page last updated MARCH 2024 - click on "Refresh" or "Reload" to ensure you see the latest information each time you visit.

DIY ONLINE horn price list

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Horn and Antler

It must be appreciated that all horns and antlers are naturally grown items and as such there may be considerable variation between individual pieces.

True horn is a thermoplastic and can be heated, bent and shaped to create wonderful horn handles, but you may need specialist equipment to use it to its full potential. Antler is bone and cannot normally be bent.

If you require specific sizes or shapes then please make sure you advise us of these at the time of ordering - we do our best to provide what our customers want but reading minds is not our speciality!
As soon as you order anything your order form has a box for "Additional order information" - please use it to tell us what you want.

NOTE: Measurements of horns are made along the outside curve.

All countries have import restrictions on "Animal Products" (which includes 'raw horns') to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. All our horns are acquired legally and have been disinfected where appropriate. However, it has been our experience that horns and unfinished horn products are very likely to be stopped by Customs outside the EU.

We can not ship any horn or antler items on this page outside the UK.


Black Buffalo Horn UNAVAILABLE AT PRESENT.

from domesticated Asian Water Buffalo

Solid tips - no large hollow section! As Rams Horn has become increasingly difficult to get, buffalo horn has become more popular. Although predominantly black when polished, you will often find white flecks or streaks, also smoky blues and greys will appear in some horns. Polishes to a high gloss with the use of metal polish on a cloth - or buy one of our polishing kits (below) for that really professional look!

Grade 'A' horns are selected to be more easily worked with fewer irregularities, minimum thickness of 1 inch (25 mm) at the thicker end. No visible defects that would seriously affect their use for stick handles.
NOTE: Grade 'A' does not mean "perfect" - it simply implies a better than average quality for stickmaking uses.


How to bend Buffalo Horn into crooks

Small home-made booklet by The Stick Man. A detailed step-by-step guide showing you the 'easy' way to make Buffalo Horn handles. It includes colour photo's of a horn-bending jig in use with tips on how best to make use of it. Only £2.50

How to bend Buffalo Horn price £2.50

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Pre-shaped handles for walking sticks (still require filing, sanding and polishing). Please note that although these are made to "standard" patterns there will inevitably be variations in exact dimensions and coloration of horns. "Perfect" pieces are rare - so don't expect them to be so. Many horns will show some fine cracks or streaks of grey, white, blue or brown and should not be considered "faults". Personally I think the perfectly black pieces look a bit too much like plastic when polished.


We can not ship any horn or antler items on this page outside the UK.


Buffalo Horn Round Handle (long)

As above but with the nose longer so you can turn it outwards to make a full-turn nosed crook. Roughly shaped for you to finish. Last few remaining.

Pre-shaped Round Buffalo horn Stick handle LONG NOSE
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Rams horn - this is now almost impossible to get from abattoirs and any I get from farmers quickly sell out.

We can not ship any horn or antler items on this page outside the UK.


 

 


Seriously damaged and very hollow horns are sold as Craft Grade for uses other than stickmaking

Please note that some of the horns available now still have bone cores inside.

Prices vary according to size (measured around the OUTSIDE curve) and availability so, to make it easier to order, I've put them into suitable categories for stickmaking - but please note that exact size and shape will vary due to differences in the horns from different sheep breeds. I cannot guarantee horns to be free from defects - though I do inspect each one myself - and will only refund money if you return them BEFORE you start to work on them! You should, however, expect most horns to have some cracks, splits or hollows - all of these can be 'worked' upon to produce a usable handle of some kind but considerable skill is required and some way of applying heat and pressure is needed to bend and "bulk" the horn to get the best results.

Some horns are easier to work than others but even experienced stickmakers have failures! We can not guarantee any horn will make a perfect stick. No refunds given once you've started working a horn.

HORNS ARE FROM VARIOUS BREEDS OF SHEEP SO COLOURS CAN VARY FROM PALE CREAM TO ALMOST BLACK.

If you want to discuss your requirements prior to ordering we welcome enquiries by email.

 

 

SMALL. (6 to 8" long) Possible uses: small walking sticks, cut up for other projects.

Small Rams Horn £6.00 each. ...

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MEDIUM. (10 to 15" long Possible uses: market sticks, small crooks, Cardigan sticks, Ramscurl sticks, smaller carved crooks (thistle type), half-heads and larger trout.

Medium Rams Horn £12.00 each......

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Large. (16" TO 19" long ). Possible uses: Full sized crooks, carved crooks, half-head sticks.

Large Rams Horn £18.00 each.......

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Extra Large (Over 20" long) Very heavy and bulky for carving birds and animals on a crook. Some may have double twists. VERY RARE - only a few left!

Extra Large Rams Horn £30 each.......

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Jacobs are very desireable as they normally show black and white colours on a single horn, once finished. Size descriptions are as for plain horns above.

JACOB HORNS

Small JACOB Rams Horn £6 each.......

 

Picture unavailable at present but can be curled or nearly straight horns, but black, often with white stripes.

JACOB HORNS

 

Medium JACOB Rams Horn (10-15") £18 each.......

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Picture unavailable at present

JACOB HORNS

Large JACOB Rams Horn (16-19") £25 each.......

 

Pair of horns matched for size and shape. Colours vary.

Not best suited to stickmaking but useful for other craft projects such as headresses, masks etc. where a nice matching pair of horns is required.

Matched Pair Rams Horn (smaller) £6.00......

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Matched Pair Rams Horn (larger) £12.00......

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Damaged or hollow horns

CRAFT GRADE
Damaged or VERY hollow horns,
with cracks and holes or other damage, making them less suitable for stickmaking. Still useful for practising with or decorative purposes and costume/mask making or for cutting up for other projects. £3.00 each.

Damaged Rams Horn ONLY £6 each...ONLY £3...

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Ewe Horns (often still have the bone core inside)

From the female sheep, usually smaller than horns from the male rams.
Generally around 5 to 10 inches long. These horns can be used for very simple stick handles or for various craft projects and costume/mask making. Some often show coloured dye or heat-markings, used by farmers to show ownership.

From Only £1 each!

 

SMALL Ewe Horn £1.50 each....

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As above but larger horns, 10" to 16" long.

LARGE Ewe Horn £2.00 each....

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Matching Pair of Ewe Horns

We are frequently asked for matching pairs of cheaper horns for costume making or as decorative items so we've taken some time to match these as closely as possible for size and shape.

Ewe horns are all basically crescent-shaped, occasionally with a "flick" outwards at the tip. You can clean them with a wire brush or sandpaper and varnish them or paint them if you want to colour them.
Some often show coloured dye or heat-markings, used by farmers to show ownership.

Ewe Horns, £6.00 each PAIR......

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Rams Horn "Backs" - hollow sections from the open ends of the horns (may still have the bone core inside.) approx 3-6" long. Useful for making horn spacers or capping material. Can be cut, heated and shaped to form ears, horns, beaks etc. on carvings. Also useful for making spoons, napkin rings, shoe horns or other craft projects.

2 Rams Horn Back £1.20

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We can not ship any horn or antler items on this page outside the UK.

Examples below of handles that can
be made from cow horn. 

 

Cow Horn UNAVAILABLE AT PRESENT.

NB due to BSE regulations it is very difficult to get horns from British cattle and importing them is just too complicated and expensive now.

Most of our cow horns are useful for making 'knob' type handles. These can have coins, medals, badges etc. set in the open end - or capped with horn or wood after filling the hollow with wood, resin, car body filler or similar. They are also bought for making masks and head dresses.

Some of the medium and large horns are from Longhorn and Highland breeds and have enough solid material to be heated and bent into handles - few will make crooks.
Cow horn has the unfortunate property of 'delaminating' while growing and a cross-section cut will often reveal cracks or fissures which may need to be heated and squeezed when making bent handles (similar to 'bulking' ramshorn). Length stated includes the hollow section where the bone was. Most of these horns only have around 2 to 6 inches of solid horn at the tip - the rest is hollow. Many of the smaller ones are hollow almost to to the tip and may show signs of damage. If you need to discuss specific purposes please
e mail me before or soon after ordering so we send what you are hoping for.

The bigger ones can be used for making powder horns, drinking vessels or hunting horns.
For info on polishing horns or making drinking horns go
here

Cow horn "backs"

Cow Horn "Backs" - sections from the open ends of the horns. Useful for cutting up for capping material. Can be cut, heated and shaped to form ears, horns, beaks etc. on carvings. Also useful for making spoons, napkin rings, shoe horns, drinking mugs or other craft projects. Various sizes from around 50 mm to 100 mm across open ends.

2 Cow Horn Backs £1 (only 50p each!)

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Laminated pictures SORRY, DISCONTINUED

Packs of assorted small pictures laminated in plastic. The pictures are approximately an inch square (25 mm) and can be cut to shape with scissors to fit into your own handles. You can set them in wooden or horn handles if you wish but most people use antler. Cover with plastic sheet or resin to make more secure then file, sand and polish the plastic to a perfect finish.

The pictures are of Gamebirds, Working dogs and British wild mammals.

Fine and coarse polishing compounds

Polishing Kit for horn, antler, plastic and embedding resin.
Note: The polishing kit is best used after all scratches have been removed with abrasive tape/mesh and steel wool (
see Tools).

Set of two polishing wheels, coarse and fine polishing compounds (one for each wheel) and a threaded cone mandrel. The mandrel fits almost any electric drill (including a bench drill) converting it into a polisher! Use one wheel with coarse compound to take out fine scratches left after abrasives - then use the other wheel with fine compound to polish to a bright mirror-like shine!

Gently touch rotating wheel with compound block to apply a fine coating.

NB use eye protection with rotating wheels and use on fairly slow speed for best results. The wheels are small enough to fit inside most crooks and market sticks to get to those hard-to-reach internal curves!

Polishing kit £21.00

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For replacement compounds and additional polishing options see the TOOLS page.

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Stag Antler

We can not ship any horn or antler items on this page outside the UK.

Want to know where and how our antler is obtained? Look HERE

British Stag Antler. UNFORTUNATELY THE SUPPLY HAS VERY MUCH REDUCED DUE TO THE BUYING-POWER OF THE PET INDUSTRY. ANTLERS ARE BEING CUT UP AND SOLD AS DOG CHEWS!

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Exact shapes vary but will resemble pictures. Colour may vary from near white to dark brown. Green staining may show if naturally shed antlers have been left on grass for some time. Thickness can vary a lot - from under 20 mm to over 30 mm.

If you require specific sizes/shapes/colours we will try to accommodate you but you must let us know! It's a waste of our time and yours if we post things out and then you want to exchange them because they're not what you wanted!

Most antler is oval in cross section, making it awkward to fit to sticks unless a spacer or collar is used - or you use oval-topped sticks.

Some antler is quite smooth to the touch, some is very rough. Most will have some brown coloration which is usually peat-staining from the hills where the stags live. Antler is bone - not horn - so cannot be heated and bent like true horn can be.
Old, naturally shed antlers (those that fall off in the spring) can lose a lot of colour by becoming bleached by sunlight. Often you will find one pale side that's been exposed to sunlight and the other side is darker where it's been shaded. Antlers from culled stags are often very dark brown because they've had no chance to bleach out the colour.

It's quite feasible to darken otherwise pale antler by staining or painting
(Van Dyke Crystals on the
SHANKS page work well ). Whether pale or dark, I find it best to sand down the surface to reveal some of the paler bone underneath, giving a mottled or striped effect. The paler areas polish extremely well, particularly when buffing wheels are used.

Antler has gone up in price over the last few years because a lot of it is now being sold for dog-chews in pet stores. Personally, I won't give it to my own dogs because it can be very hard and brittle and can break into very sharp spiky pieces!

Antler Fork Standard grade
for Thumbsticks.

Less regular in shape than the grade A. Base of the "neck" often more oval or narrow, requiring the use of a spacer or collar to get a good joint with the shank - or use up those oval-topped or thinner shanks you have left after you've used all your best ones! These are more variable in thickness and can go from 20 mm up to 35mm or (rarely) more. Please specify if you have particular needs.

These are the most popular antler pieces we sell and will make very usable (and saleable) handles for working and hiking sticks.

Antler Fork Standard Grade £9.00

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Antler Fork grade "A"
for Thumbsticks.

Fairly regular in shape and comfortable in the hand. Less "turn" in the neck of the antler (so the fork is more upright). More circular in cross section at the base than the Standard grade antlers, making them slightly easier to fit shanks to them.
Only a very small proportion of forks are grade "A" so we can't always keep them in stock. These are usually from the "top" ends of the antlers so are mostly narrow at the bases - around 23 to 26mm. Please specify if you have particular needs.

Antler Fork Grade "A" £18.00

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Antler Fork Budget grade.

Irregular in shape so less easy to fit shanks to them.
Can be used for cheap working sticks where functionality is more important than classy looks. Often used as dog chews too - but it's up to you.

Antler Fork Budget Grade £7.00

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Antler Coronet (Crown) Handle (SECONDS - varying thickness)

Can be fixed to shank "upright" or you can turn it on its side, remove point and fix as a horizontal handle. The horizontal handle will almost always require a collar of some sort to enable a robust fixing to strengthen the joint because the cut point is much thinner. Various sizes available. Please specify if you have particular needs.

Coronet Handle £12.00

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Antler Coronet with Double Point (SECONDS - varying thickness)

Coronet with two points (tines) instead of one - you can make some interesting and spectacular sticks with these. Not all of these have equal length points, picture is for illustration only.

Coronet Double Point £15

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Antler Coronet Roll

A Coronet piece where the tine (point) has failed to develop properly or has grown at the wrong angle and has been cut/ground level. Use for an upright handle grip for a hiking stick or wading staff.

Coronet Roll £12.00

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Antler Roll

Straight (often slightly curved) section of antler, 4" to 5" long and around 7/8 to 1" thick. Use for an upright handle grip for a hiking stick or small wading staff. Top can be capped with horn and use a spacer or collar at the bottom end to add length if required.

Antler Roll £8.00

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Small roll, 2" to 4" long and around 3/4" to 1" thick. Use for a child's stick handle, showing cane handle etc. or cut up for other uses.

SMALL Antler Roll £3.00

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Antler Angled Roll (Wading handle)

Section cut from a damaged or deformed fork, leaving the top wider than the bottom and often on a sloping angle. Use for a hiker or wading staff. Cap the top with horn or wood for a nice finish.

Angled Roll £9.00

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Long Roll (for Priest)

Section around 8" to 10" long (20 - 25 cm). Used mainly for making fishing/game priest with one end rounded out and polished. A lanyard can be fitted to the other end. These are normally heavy enough not to require additional weighting but you can add some if desired by drilling out the thick end and capping with horn after inserting the lead.

 

Long (Priest) Roll £11.00

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Antler Tri-Point

Section from the tip of an antler where three points have grown instead of two. These can make interesting and unusual thumbsticks as no two are exactly alike. Personally, I prefer to take the tips of the points off and cap with horn (for safety reasons) but we generally leave them on for you if they are not excessively long. As these are from the very tips of the antlers the bases are usually fairly thin - around 23-26mm.

 

Antler Tri-point £15.00

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Horn and bone spacers

We can not ship any horn or antler items on this page outside the UK.

 

 

Antler fork showing horn caps and spacer after fitting  

 

Thick spacers can be filed flush with the profile of the handle and shank - or left protruding as a short "barrel" shape, as below. 

 

 

 

Buffalo horn (black or dark brown with pale streaks). Cow horn (pale honey coloured, sometimes with darker mottling) or white/cream bone slices for capping stag horn or as spacers between joints. These can be sawn, filed and sanded to shape and polished or varnished. Normal thickness is around 5 to 7 mm.

Sorry, but we don't drill the spacers for you.

 

LARGE Buffalo Horn spacer disc 28-30 mm wide £1.50 each

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SMALL Buffalo Horn spacer disc 25-27 mm wide £1.20 each

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LARGE White Bone spacer disc 29 to 31 mm wide 1.50 each

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SMALL White Bone spacer disc 25 to 26 mm wide £1.20 each

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Note: When drilling spacers make sure you support them on scrap wood in the vice otherwise you will invariable crack some of them! I find it best to drill half way through from each side - especially with the bone ones.

 

Horn/antler/bone off cuts

For cutting into caps for antler handles and various craft purposes. Assortment of horn, bone & antler slices and off cuts depending on what we have in stock, approximately 150 gms in each pack.

Pack of horn & antler off cuts £1.80.......

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Antler points - Pack of ten small points (1" to 3" long) for making key rings, light pulls, zip pulls or small whistles. £ 6.00

Pack of 10 Small Antler Points £6.003.00......

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Pack of two large antler points (3" to 6" long) for larger whistles, knife handles etc.

Pack of two Large Antler Points ......£4.00

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Extra Large Antler point (approx. 6" to 10" long and usually curved) for knife handles etc.

Extra Large Antler Point £6.00

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Antler collars

Roughly cylindrical sections of antler with most of the core drilled out. You may need to file and sand the collars to get the best fit for your own sticks.

 

Pack of 3 assorted antler collars £7.50

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Roe Buck antlers

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Grade A Large Roe Buck antlers, Wider fork and thick neck suitable for substantial thumb sticks, around 6 to 8 inches long £7.20

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Grade B Large Roe Buck antlers, as above but narrower forked ones and/or thinner neck for lightweight thumbsticks on thinner shanks. Good enough for knife handles, key rings, whistles, etc. £6.00

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Grade B Roe Buck antlers, as above as a matched pair for head-dresses etc. £12.00

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Small Roe Buck antlers, similar shape but smaller, around 4 to 6 inches long £4.80 each

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Roe Buck antler shank with coronet, around 3 to 4 inches long for small knife handles £2.40 each

Spike Roe Buck antlers

 

Small spikes with coronet for knife handles, key rings, whistles etc. A few are just single spikes, most have two or three small side branches. Normally three to six inches long, occasionally longer.

Only £2.00 each

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Roe Buck antlers attached to skull plate. OUT OF STOCK

A pair of antlers still attached to the top of the skull - the skull has been cleaned and bleached so it can be drilled and mounted on a base or straight onto a wall, either as a decoration or as a hat rack! I have two left that are already mounted on wooden "shields" for the same price if you'd like one (use the Technical info text box).

Roe Buck Antlers on skull £18.00

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