Where/How To Get a Basenji Hunting Bell?
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replied to eeeefarm on 12 Nov 2020, 20:34 last edited by Kembe 11 Dec 2020, 21:59
@eeeefarm said in Where/How To Get a Basenji Hunting Bell?:
“If you look around on the internet you will find a lot of authentic pictures of Basenjis wearing bells in Africa, e.g. this page . “
Thank you for the link. The article was very interesting and I enjoyed the photos. I was really intrigued that the “clangers” on the basenji hunting bells were made from monkey bones! Thanks for sharing. -
wrote on 12 Nov 2020, 21:35 last edited by
I saw that site and went through most of it a while back. Great site with really fun history and culture. Not giving up one of my monkey bones to hang round my pups neck. :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:
I’m thinking of using a hardwood or some kind of eucalyptus, which seems traditional. Also thinking of using a few pieces of antler as well. I can’t find any great smallish nuts that the site mentions. But, I did find a really dried out aged to almost black hollowed out coconut on the trail by my house. Pretty big. Also found a nut thing that’s the perfect size. Need to figure out how to hollow it out. Still putting the pieces together in my mind.
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replied to JENGOSMonkey on 12 Nov 2020, 22:30 last edited by
@jengosmonkey
No doubt in my mind that you will construct a “basenji hunting bell” for Logan! 😆 I can’t wait to see it! Will you be taking orders? 😂 -
wrote on 12 Nov 2020, 23:38 last edited by
Ditto, on Kembe's comments on the hand-made hunting bell. Too cool!
Izzy-Bella does appreciate her ever-changing fashionable collars, but I'm not sure how much--or little--she would like a bell around her neck, or anywhere else. -
wrote on 13 Nov 2020, 15:27 last edited by brindlebasenji
Here is Naomi, my little African girl. She was one generation removed.
She had what the breeders here called an African tail. It didn’t have a tight curl at all. She was a beautiful, dainty little girl, under 16 pounds.I can see her wearing a bell, but I don’t think she would have liked it at all!
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replied to eeeefarm on 13 Nov 2020, 16:42 last edited by
@eeeefarm said in Where/How To Get a Basenji Hunting Bell?:
Basenjis wearing bells in Africa, e.g. this page
Thank you for sharing that! I especially enjoyed the video at the bottom of the page.
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replied to brindlebasenji on 13 Nov 2020, 22:04 last edited by Kembe
@brindlebasenji
Naomi is GORGEOUS! Une petite jeune fille 🐾❤️ -
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Naomi is a beauty, to be sure. She is definitely dainty at 16 pounds. Those big old bells would wear her down! Maybe some little Christmas bells???? Ha Ha.
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replied to brindlebasenji on 13 Nov 2020, 22:57 last edited by
@brindlebasenji I agree, Naomi is really a beautiful Basenji. Love it that she has a throne. She deserves it. :winking_face:
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wrote on 15 Nov 2020, 23:48 last edited by
I think I have enough parts to start Logan' Bell. I've got the goiter (I had to look that term up) sized coconut, the nut thing, which I'll most likely use, some hemp cord that I'm going to braid, then braid again into more braids. I'll slice one of Logan's spent antlers into some strips to use at clangers or whatever they call them. Here's what I have...
I may also use a soldering iron to burn his name on the front side of the bell using an African font. Something like this maybe...
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wrote on 15 Nov 2020, 23:54 last edited by
That is so cool! I can’t wait to see the final product! Again.......when will you be taking orders? Lol
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replied to JENGOSMonkey on 16 Nov 2020, 04:40 last edited by
@jengosmonkey very cool!
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replied to Kembe on 16 Nov 2020, 19:45 last edited by
@kembe said in Where/How To Get a Basenji Hunting Bell?:
...Again.......when will you be taking orders? Lol
I don’t know 😝 I gotta figure out how to make it first. I think the nut thing is actually a Western Buckeye. I cut the bottom out of one and it has this really dense foam like structure that’s tough to remove. Oh, and there was a bug living in it. He wasn’t too happy to see me. Not sure the outer shell will prove to be very durable or resonate very well. It would just be decorative. The coconut is just giant even though it’s small for a coconut. Might have to flip to Plan 9 and carve one from wood. I’m thinking of using oak since there’s a lot of that on the trail. I need to google woods that resonate sound.
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wrote on 17 Nov 2020, 17:36 last edited by brindlebasenji
I can’t wait to see your bell!
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wrote on 17 Nov 2020, 21:39 last edited by
don't waste your $$$. no bell, just keep your basenji in sight...
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wrote on 3 Dec 2020, 04:15 last edited by
So I've not given up on this. I went back to rainshinefoundation.org.au and researched it a bit. It looks legitimate to me, and I'm really skeptical. This isn't an endorsement. They claim they are funneling the majority of donations back to the people they are providing assistance to. I could get behind this. Is a Basenji Hunting Bell worth $300 USD? In my best Texas accent, "Hell Yeah!" If they really are sinking the percentage of money they receive back into direct support as they claim on their website... it's hard NOT to get behind that. I'm still trying to verify that. Feel free to chime in.
Coconut is too big. Western Buckeye is too thin. If the above is legit... I don't want to compete. I don't want to make something that mimics those from Africa. If it's legit... I'd rather support the cause and spend the $300 USD.
So mine have to look different. They have to resonate sound. Which wood? CNC engraving? Laser engraving? Slots? Collar? Clasp? How do I support Basenjis? Tooling is going to cost a bit.
I think I have have the bell figured out. I may also have the clappers figured out too, but I need to test all of this. The part that concerns me is the collar. Weaving, macramé, braiding, sewing...
Anyway... these are thoughts in motion...
