hand made powder horn ?

[Meat Hawg]

Where is the best place or person to get a hand made powder horn? Seems all I can find are those made in India horns like Cabelas sells.

 

[jdw276]

Horner75 on here. Bought one from him and he can make anything you like. Got a great looking left hand carry from him. Had my choice of horns in various price ranges.

 

[thewho66]

I had mine made by Cory Joe Stewart, he can make it any way you want. I posted pictures of the horn he made in the photo section. If you like the one he made pm me and i can give you his contact info. Im right now waiting for him to make me a priming horn next.

 

[colmoultrie]

Best place: your workshop, or your backyard, if that's where you prefer to sit with your file. Once you have a clean horn, it's not too hard, although it is time-consuming, to make your own.

Here's one I made about 2 years ago. I'm far less expert than others on this forum, but the results mean more to me than anything I could have bought.

I'm fairly close to finishing another one now. I'll post some photos when I get it done...

 

[ol vern]

Nice Horn Colmoultrie :thumbsup:

 

[BrownBear]

One thing about making your own, you can make it real personal. Collecting your own materials from places that mean something to you, then putting your own time into it makes it an heirloom your family will be proud to remember you by.

My favorite has a horn from our place in Colorado and wood from here in Alaska. I used copper tacks rather than brass, just cuzz I like the way copper greens up in the salt air. I been using it over a year now, and the ideas for some scrimshaw are sneaking up on me. When I get real motivated by the ideas, that'll happen next. Right now it's on a bag I bought, but it'll move to a bag I build here pretty quick. I might even move it or make another for one of the sashes I've been weaving.

Call it a work in progress, but my family sure has taken a lot more interest in this one than any I have bought.

 

[AZ-Robert]

Where is the best place or person to get a hand made powder horn? Seems all I can find are those made in India horns like Cabelas sells.

Track of the Wolf, the Gun Shoppe, and other vendors carry hand made horns... but you'll pay for them. If you're going to pay good money for one, I like the recommendations of the posts (above) that had them made to order to get one custom fit to you.

But I suggest you give making your own a try. It will take some time but you'll pleased with the outcome and with the ability to tell folks you did it yourself. You can get a nicely polished horn to start on from any number of vendors. Once you have that all you really need is a good knife, some files, some wood and a saw, but a dremel tool makes short work of some things.

Here are a couple of my first shots at it:

Personally, I like doing the work. It's a bit like whittling... something to keep the hands busy so I'm not just sitting there doing nothing. I really do need to get back at it.

 

[Meat Hawg]

Thanks for all the ideas guys. I would love to make my own but I just do not seem to have any personal time any more. Working 2 jobs and a 1 year old boy makes it hard to do things.

 

[oletymepreacher]

Making a horn is half the fun of carrying it. My favorite for hunting elk is a small one that will hold only 700 grains of Swiss 2f. I have scratched, notice the word 'scrimshaw' wasn't used, a crude map of my favorite hunting area on it, complete with red 'x' at kill sites .When hunting, we need to keep weight to a minimum, and there is no need to carry a full pound of powder, 700 grains is enough for more shots on big game that anyone would need. For range use, or small game use, a larger horn would be needed. The horns I have put together totaled about 2 hours of time each, just puttering around. Give it a try- just give up a little of television time.
My next horn project is to build a horn for my wife from a buffalo she killed. It will take more time, as it will need filing and sanding to spiff it up. The shape won't be the best, but when she uses it, she will be remembering her buff.

 

[colmoultrie]

Those are nice! :thumbsup: YOu do nice relief carving. :thumbsup:

 

[colmoultrie]

Here's the one I'm working on right now. Still a ways to go, but it's roughed out...

 

[Rafsob]

I know you are looking for a source for your powder horn, but I thought I would add my horn to show off. My dad doesn't sell any of his horns, but they are really nice:

This one is very special to me. Oh yeah, did I say that Dad is in his eighties and still going strong?

 

[tjohnson56]

That really looks nice, hope I can come up with one that good looking some day.