When not working feverishly to meet an urgent go-to-press deadline, I've been rather busy polishing a piece of horn. I feel the exotic horn will become two things, a knife and a bottle opener. "But how can that be, LSP?" you ask with a note of wonder. Simple. After finishing the horn with a small rasp and ever decreasing grit sandpaper, I'll cut the thing, leaving a hand-sized knife grip and a longer bottle opener section.
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| Some dancing priestess goofing-off in England |
I'll then bed a knife blade into the handle with epoxy and perhaps drive two rivets through handle and tine to make the blade secure. The end of a brass 20 Gauge shotgun shell should work to close off the open butt. A similar process will sort out the bottle opener. I'm excited by this. Stay tuned.
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| Jesus said "no priestesses." |
On a different note, random church people brought evening gifts after I'd said Mass and taught a class on John 17 -- a bottle of red wine and some cherry crumble. I ate the one and saved the other. Thanks, team.
God bless,
LSP
2 comments:
Is horn like wood? Or more fragile-- like does it splinter/split more easily? Does it take the same sort of finish as wood? Interesting project! Keep us posted.
Softer than wood -- not that I'm any kind of expert "horner".
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