The Horn Socket is designed for fishing in small tubing
sizes (1 ¼”, 1 ½” and 1 ¾”)
where it is not feasible to use Type B or Overshot Sockets.
O’Bannon Horn Sockets have a lower bowl with integral
hard wickers. When the socket is lowered gently onto
the catch and rotated to the right, these wickers cut
or thread onto the catch. Rod body breaks are caught
with conventional wickered slips in the upper bowl.
Since slim hole couplings are
not normally surface hardened, the wickered bowl of
the Horn Socket can be threaded on securely so that
the catch can be pulled. IT is also possible, in some
cases, to fish 1 ½” O.D. hardened couplings
with the 1 ¾” size Horn Socket. However,
even if the catch is made successfully, the bowl will
probably be damaged. Horn Sockets cannot be guaranteed
against damage caused by hardened couplings.
