Hi guys, I just bought a Columbian and the horn has a flat tip. The guy said it must have broke but it looks like an intentional modification to me. I remember reading in a post some time ago someone giving an explanation for why this was done but can't find it. If anyone has the answer I'd appreciate it. Also there is a P on the one side any idea what that indicates? I'll work on better pictures.

Tony

Someone kept running into the horn. So instead of realizing they needed to stay out of its way they blunted the horn. I have seen it done I used to work with a crazy old pot head who did that.

My horn is mushroomed, and its not from dropping it on concrete! I did that, the concrete broke, the mushroomed horn looks exactly the same as before I dropped it. Someone had to have hammered it in very deliberately.

Problem is the mushroom is over 1 inch across, and I can't get a small hole on it to stretch it out so I want to fix it sometime. In my case I will heat it, and reshape it. I need more experience to do this though, so it can wait.


Phil

What they said as to why. I suggest folks just forge a bic for the hardy hole if they need a small sharp horn for something. I sometimes convert structural steel wrenches into bickerns by forging the wrench end to fit the hardy hole and bending the flat section 90 deg. ($5 for a wrench last Friday at the local Flea Market)