Removing Bushbuck Horns -- an easy way?

[Kathy C.]

Does anyone have an easy way of removing bushbuck horns?  The ones I have have been dried for about 1 1/2 years.  I have boiled them and cut around the horn base as far up as I could reach with a knife and they still are not budging.

[Dc taxidermy]

Soak them in water for about three days or four days. It may take even longer if the cores are dried out. Had some that had sat around for a couple mounths but came off after three days of soaking. I did drill a hole on the back of the horn close to the top to let the water in.

[J P Baker]

I made a post in your other thread.