Can you use sheep horn on a regular horn bow?

[EdwardS]

I'm planning my first horn bow, and I fell in love with the look of sheep horn from loefflerchuck and wizardgoat's sinew/horn bows.  Looking at making something like a Manchu bow, but white buffalo horn is stupid expensive and sheep is more reasonably priced.  I'm just at the planning stage now, so any advice will directly influence what I do.

[High-Desert]

Are you trying to avoid black? Because water buffalo horn is cheap........relative to the others you mentioned.

Eric

[stuckinthemud]

and you can bleach buffalo horn

[loefflerchuck]

Mouflon sheep is cheaper than bighorn. It is also thinner so does not work well for a horn sinew only bow. It would be a great option on a true composite, but buffalo is still cheaper.