Cow horns and Antlers

Sometime between 2012 and 2015

Time to carve: 4 hours
Finishing: 2 hour

Made from some horns I bought from a pet supply store and a deer bone a friend gave me. I cut the pattern using a saw and carved the design with a file. I shined up the slides with polishing compound.

Steer horns

Sometime between 2012 and 2015

Time to carve: 2 hours
Finishing: 2 hour




The horns are carved from a piece of maple and painted with craft paint. Center is red felt with black thread on the ends. The plaque is also made from maple with an one step staion/poly. I attached the leather loop, plaque, and horns with some screws.

Cherry pie

Sometime between 2012 and 2015

Time to make: 1.5 hours
Finishing: 2 hour









Found a jelly or cream cheese container at a restaurant for the pie tin and used whole black peppercorns for the cherries. The filling was spackle and I cut out a piece of pie before painting it red. I glued a lattice made of tan paper and glued it all together. I drilled a couple holes in the back for the coat hanger loop.

Horse's bit

Sometime between 2012 and 2015

Time to carve/make: 3 hours
Finishing: 2 hour

There was a couple of versions of this slide, one wooden and one metal. The wooden one was carved from maple with leather and painted with a chrome paint. The metal one is made from aluminum, some small chain, and leather.

Sabbath Slide

Sometime between 2012 and 2015

Time to make: 3 hours
Finishing: 1 hour









Another cow horn (from an earlier ebay order) project. This project took some prep as the horn I use needed to be sanded smooth as it was a bit hairy to begin with. Once ready, I cut the cross into the horn, sanded, and painted the cross with some gold paint.

Imbedded Arrowhead

Easter time sometime between 2012 and 2015

Time to make: 3.5 hours
Finishing: .5 hour









When looking for a bone for this slide you never know where you are going to find it. After looking in the woods and hitting up hunter I know, I finally found the one I used in an Easter ham. I boiled the bones to remove all the meat. The bones were still discolored so I soaked the bones in hydrogen peroxide from a beauty supply store (the highest level I could buy over the counter). After a couple of rounds soaking with new solution each time, the remaining cartilage and stains were removed from the bones. Also with the final soak the bones separated and the bone I really wanted was free. I cut a slot for a broken arrowhead I had and I glued it in place. A leather loop was attached to the back of the bone using some small screws

Mountain Sheep

Sometime between 2012 and 2015

Time to make: 2 hours
Finishing: .5 hour

Made from a cow horn (ordered off ebay), I sawed the basic shape and carved out the eyes and ears. Boiled the slide in water for an hour or more to make the horns pliable so I could bend them back. A little wax to finish it off.