African Horns & Bushbow

[tippit]

I had a very unusual yesterday.  A friend of my wife brought over some interesting African horns, a Bush bow, and hides because they were cleaning out a storage unit form 1972! It seems the husband went on a 2 Month safari in 1972, brought back trophies, stored them, and never touched them until a couple of days ago. He knew I made knives with horn and asked if I wanted these as he was going to throw them all in a dumpster!!

Hides still wrapped from 1972...Impala, Steinbok, Dui Kar, Spring Bok, Gens Bok, and Eland.
Horns Cape Buffalo, Wildebeest, Eland, and I forget the last trophy.
Plus he gave me a Bush bow he picked up on safari. My shop now has an African wall

Bow is 54 " long, rounded and tapered to the ends.  The tiller is still good even though it has been in a storage unit strung for almost 50 years...luckily the brace height was very low.  The string is some sort of fiber...not sinew. I don't know what the wood is...has more the appearance of walnut maybe mahogany...tippit
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[4dogs]

 

[wisconsin wood butcher]

that's amazing

[Sockrsblur]

Very nice Jeff

[ron w]

Well that's pretty cool......

[wood carver 2]

I'm pretty sure the horns on the left are hartebeest.
Nice haul, especially the bow.
Dave.

[Pat B]

That is a very cool bow. Plenty of knife handles in those "trophies".   

[Friend]

Rediscovered treasure...

[Ray Lyon]

👍👍. That's awesome

[SlowBowKing]

Wow, so cool that they thought of you! Glad it didn't end up in the trash.

[Terry Green]

VERY cool gift Jeff!

[Sam McMichael]

None of my friends ever gave me goodies like that! The bow is especially cool. Will a round bow hold up under usage? Why doesn't it break under tension? How great will that stuff look in an archery collection!

[tippit]

Well Sam,
I do have a few bows for an archery collection

[Wudstix]

Neat gift.