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How to make a shepherds crook

How to make a Shepherds

In this section of the web site I will try and show most of the basic stages of making a shepherds crook in rams horn.

This is a typical rams horn from a British upland breed such as Scottish Blackface.
The main point of importance is that the horn is from a ram and not a ewe.
A ewe horn will not give the bulk needed to create a shepherds crook.
Look for the crease in the horn in its top left hand corner, this is a useful marker.

The first stage of the job is to cut of any surplus horn that cannot be used in the process.
The crease mentioned above will give you a good idea where to cut your horn and still retain a useful length of horn.
The reason for removing horn is that near the head the horn tends to be too thin and the cavity too large to be of use.

After cutting the surplus horn off, this is about right for the size of cavity you want to aim for.
Although you have a hole in the end of your horn, you are about to heat, and squeeze it into
a sold piece of horn.
Cavities much above this shown would normally crease badly at this stage, and therefore a sacrifice of horn is made to ease the job.

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