Thread: Roaring Horns

Taihape Sports and Outdoors has got some roaring horns in from a young fella making them.

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Originally Posted by PillowDribbler

Taihape Sports and Outdoors has got some roaring horns in from a young fella making them.

what is he using cow horns ?? now dont get me wrong a good cow horn is something to keep but a 10 in (26cm ) piece of 50 mm alkathene pipe is as good as you can get - sandpaper where ya gob goes drill hole fit a lanyard- sits down shirt nicely and sounds exactly right - ( must be 50 mm ) some cow horns are to big and the noise idigits can produce with it puts stags off ` they are just to bass to damn bloody loud especially with idjits who persist in constantly roaring

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

what is he using cow horns ?? now dont get me wrong a good cow horn is something to keep but a 10 in (26cm ) piece of 50 mm alkathene pipe is as good as you can get - sandpaper where ya gob goes drill hole fit a lanyard- sits down shirt nicely and sounds exactly right - ( must be 50 mm ) some cow horns are to big and the noise idigits can produce with it puts stags off ` they are just to bass to damn bloody loud especially with idjits who persist in constantly roaring

Shit, my hands work well too !! Lol

yup have used my hands probably more than anything else but the alkathene is just so much more realistic

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They look good.

yes they do look good but its like a fiddle or trumpet what do they sound like - give it a go -you may have to take to it with a file and open it up a bit more - sometimes with cow horn roaring horns they need thinning down inside and to do that needs some clever thinking as to how one thins it out inside - chainsaw files work - but the other thing I have used is a sanding belt a coarse one and cut it into strips and pull that thru repeatedly turning at the same time - some of the ones pictured look to me like they may be very thin mouth end and could need opening up - just my experience - I have done quite a few for mates - but get a good one - and lifetime roaring horn - to be passed on - but then again 10 inches of 50 mm alkathene water pipe leaves most of them for dead in quality tone lol lol lol -

Yeah but cow horns are waaay cooler than alkathene pipe.

a 1.25ltr coke bottle with both ends removed or poweraid bottle with bum cut off it work rather well too...good on him for providing real cow horn jobbies. getting harder and harder to find a decent sized one these days.

in saying that...if anyone is traveling between fairlie and geraldine..keep eyes peeled as top first hill out of geraldine..there are some Texas longhorns often beside the road..must have 3-4 FEET long horns out each side. some massive stags in same paddocks too including a few white reds (should they be called pinks??)

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

Yeah but cow horns are waaay cooler than alkathene pipe.

yes a good one is true

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Originally Posted by Chur Bay

Yeah but cow horns are waaay cooler than alkathene pipe.

having done a number for mates consider this - a stags wind pipe is over an inch wide and mouth open his roaring equipment is impressive - so looking at the offering of cow horns in the link some stand out some no would need some cutting of and thinning and tuning - far right no just narrows down to much needs some cutting of and opening up - middle again a long one to narrow - 3 short ones yes could be a go - bottom left looks good bottom right looks good

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

a 1.25ltr coke bottle with both ends removed or poweraid bottle with bum cut off it work rather well too...good on him for providing real cow horn jobbies. getting harder and harder to find a decent sized one these days.

in saying that...if anyone is traveling between fairlie and geraldine..keep eyes peeled as top first hill out of geraldine..there are some Texas longhorns often beside the road..must have 3-4 FEET long horns out each side. some massive stags in same paddocks too including a few white reds (should they be called pinks??)

there is a family park here in New Plymouth have a herd of white reds - they insist on calling them Danish deer - sorry to me they are just line bred albino red - one can find no evidence they are a special Danish red deer

I believe back in Robin Hood times they were refered to as the heart beast/hart beast
the ones yo usee will have come from peel forest estate down here..they have selectively bred them for a decade or more..what was once a very rare sight is now common enough.