I guess I'm going to havta make a powder horn...

[LaBonte]

You are most welcome and I look forward to seeing the finished horn....

 

[gus13]

LaBonte, that is some nice work you showed there, I'm liking the bottom pic especially, do you mind if I steal that style sometime? :hmm:
Swampy, don't let this little hiccup stop you progress there are as many ways to repair a horn as there are horners themselves! look forward to seeing what you comeup with and how the work progresses! :thumbsup:

 

[rabjr]

I'm curious as to how this will look and will definately be doing this but the horn is no longer what I want so I'm putting it on the back burner for now. I started working on the first horn I tried to fit to the pulverin parts but found just a tad to small. That one should turn out the way I want it. Then I'll play around fixing this one. :thumbsup:

 

[hoochiepapa]

Very cool. You do nice work. I've not broken a horn yet, but that may look pretty good on a bison horn. Ok if I steal it, too?

 

[hoochiepapa]

Swampy, just FYI, I have used the dog bone rawhide several times, and when it's dry, it looks just about what Labonte did. Just a thought.

 

[LaBonte]

When I post pieces it's for education and for inspiration, that's the way I learned how "they" did it was by looking and learning so yes - you can "borrow" the idea in the same way I did.....
When borrowing ideas from anyboy though I try and offer up who I got my inspiration from whether it be an artisan from the past or a current builder - I think it's only proper when some one asks to pay homage to those who came before so to speak. Not an ego stroke thing but rather respect for others and their work.......

 

[gus13]

swampy, I gotta tell ya, good luck getting a horn to come exactly how you want it! just about every horn I've ever made starts out as one idea and ends up as something else! its just the nature of the beast, and you learn to adjust your work to match what the horn decides more and more.
that said, it doesn't hurt nothing to set it aside for a while an come at it fresh later on.