"Crafting" That special look !
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Dedication to what you do, research old original powder horns, learn from other craftsman in the field and practice, practice, practice!...... and of course a little personal skill can help!
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ditto to both!
people with the willingness to help in whatever manner is needed, even if its only a push in the right direction.
As far as that "special something" goes, its more a personal thing. Just because it speaks to you does not mean it will speak to anyone else in the same fashion. There's something for everyone out there, just gotta find it! :hatsoff:
people with the willingness to help in whatever manner is needed, even if its only a push in the right direction.
As far as that "special something" goes, its more a personal thing. Just because it speaks to you does not mean it will speak to anyone else in the same fashion. There's something for everyone out there, just gotta find it! :hatsoff:
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An additional factor is what people perceive to be "right" when it may or may not actually be.
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I talk about the horn speaking to me all the time and in a way it is true. When I get the feel for a horns natural lines and color, before I start, it always seems to come out better.The creations that I have liked best over the years and that seem to appeal to alot of folks are the ones that the craftsman has used the natural attributes of the materail to their best advantage. Some of the real masters can make an object any way they want it to be and it comes out beautiful. I however usually mess something up when I try to do that.
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Capt. Jas. said:
So what is "right" is in the eye's of the beholder!
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Very true if "right" is further defined as pleasing instead of correct. Some things can be made right as rain from a historic standpoint in construction, design , color, and every other little detail but a large percentage will ignore it if it is not artificially "aged". In many cases where it is considered to have the "it" factor the "aging" is not even representative of true aging found on original items. We have created a trend totally based on art form with no historicity. Nothing wrong at all with that until many get confused in the fray thinking they see "correct" in the stuff that looks "right". :thumbsup:horner75 said:
hanshi
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Just be sure you don't "listen" if your horn says "Harley"....well, maybe an 18th century Harley. They used true horse power, by the way. :rotf:
I have to agree with Capt. Jas a bit here right and pretty do not always equal out.
In all reality though, when looking at it from a purely historical standpoint, nearly 90% of the powder horns people carry today are incorrect in one aspect or another!
go to an event and look at peoples horns you will see a wide variety of very nice horns, Southern Banded, fully detailed scrimshawed pieces, Screw -tips etc.
what most folks forget is that these are not completely "right" (figure southern Bandeds are actually a later period than many think - Think "golden age" for Flintlocks.) Screw-tips range from the 1750's on but only certain styles can be dated to the earliest date, many of the schools are closer to the 1780's area than 50's!
and those absolutely gorgeous fully scrimmed Map horns were not as common either, since a majority of F&I horns were scrimmed by the user rather than the maker and often were little better than stick figures!
but when you take a look at these examples and compare them to the far more common and simple horns, well, our modern mindset tells us the "nicer" looking horn is naturally better - even if they're both made by the same person!!
So again what is pleasing and what is correct has already been skewed well beyond the question of artificial aging! :grin: :thumbsup:
In all reality though, when looking at it from a purely historical standpoint, nearly 90% of the powder horns people carry today are incorrect in one aspect or another!
go to an event and look at peoples horns you will see a wide variety of very nice horns, Southern Banded, fully detailed scrimshawed pieces, Screw -tips etc.
what most folks forget is that these are not completely "right" (figure southern Bandeds are actually a later period than many think - Think "golden age" for Flintlocks.) Screw-tips range from the 1750's on but only certain styles can be dated to the earliest date, many of the schools are closer to the 1780's area than 50's!
and those absolutely gorgeous fully scrimmed Map horns were not as common either, since a majority of F&I horns were scrimmed by the user rather than the maker and often were little better than stick figures!
but when you take a look at these examples and compare them to the far more common and simple horns, well, our modern mindset tells us the "nicer" looking horn is naturally better - even if they're both made by the same person!!
So again what is pleasing and what is correct has already been skewed well beyond the question of artificial aging! :grin: :thumbsup:
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