Nothing quite like cutting the end off a fully shaped forestock to add the tip for making you very carefull of measurements etc

Normally I have three brass dowels to hold the tip on but this forestock is so slim that I only really had room for two. The 1/8 in brass dowels are bruised with a set of end nippers to make them a bit more grippy and the epoxy is mixed with a touch of black concrete die to match the the horn tip after it is polished just in case there is any imperfections in the mating surfaces

All clamped up where it will sit for a couple of days while I do other "stuff".