28 September 2025, 18:06
HuviusSheep Horn Restoration
Afte reading whatever posts I could find on horn rejuvenation, I decided to tackle some Sheep horns.
These were left outside for a number of years so were pretty beat, dry cracking and in the case of the Dall quite sun bleached.
There is much discussion on how to do this and what to use.
Some say any oil will darken the horns too much but after testing a few options, and as these horns were so darn dry, I decided an oil would be just fine.
I ended up power washing these, letting them sun dry for a couple days and then using Old English scratch remover for light wood on them.
The OE dark wood product is much too dark - maybe I’ll try that on some African horns.
The results were pretty encouraging!
Dall
Big Horn
29 September 2025, 17:05
FjoldThose came out great! Well done.
30 September 2025, 05:18
30.06kingLooking good.
Do you have any pre-treatment pics ?
30 September 2025, 20:38
HuviusI think I’ll try to thin this with alcohol and spray it next time.
I initially used a gauze cloth bit it snags so badly I switched to a toothbrush. These old dry horns can soak up quite a bit of liquid.
This is the Dall horn before and after.
The Big horn midway.