My new horn

[rabjr]

Wow! This project sure turned into something not expected! :grin:

When I laid plans for a new Militia smoothbore I also went to work on the bag and horn for the new gun. Robby helped me with the horn by letting me have a nice one from his stash, of which I thought I would make and scrim what I wanted onto the horn. Well it quickly became apparent it was a bit above my skill level so I put up an SOS :surrender: to Rick, aka Horner75 for help. He agreed to take on the project.

This was supposed to be a simple horn with my name and one of the militia units that was chartered here back in 1790. Well if this is "simple" I gotta wonder what a fancy one looks like to Rick! :haha: I'm just blown away by the work he did and damn glad his idea of "simple" is a lot different than mine! :bow: :grin:

Was quite a process he went through to round the butt end.

Finished pics,

 

[Roy]

:thumbsup: Nice :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[George]

That's one to be proud of, Swampy. Horns are special.

Spence

 

[lonehunter]

Very nice indeed! :hatsoff:

 

[scobrien]

Been waiting to see the finished results of this one. Most impressive with tons of detail. Hook all of those scratch lines together into one single line and it would span between the Pacific and Antlatic Waters :shocked2:

Good on you Swampy for obtaining a grand horn and I tip my hat to Rick for making it for you. He is well deserving of the title Horner75 and serves the craft with honor.

 

[MSW]

congrats! great looking horn!

 

[Robby]

Swampy, Its hard to believe that it is the same horn!! You have an heirloom quality piece of equipment there Pard. Great job!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Robby

 

[wattlebuster]

WOW,Perfect :thumbsup:

 

[omarick1948]

Glad you truly like it Swampy,

Yep! That thick walled horn was a bit of a bugger to form, but nothing that some heat and my large mallet couldn't handle!.. :shocked2:

If you ever need a engraved horn, let me know!.. :rotf:

Rick

 

[hoochiepapa]

Very nice, Swampy!! Looks like you found the right guy for the job.

 

[hawkthrower]

Rick, if you will pardon the pun, doesn't blow his own horn
:surrender: :idunno: :rotf: :rotf:
But then he doesn't have to, his work speaks for itsself.
Swampy, you have a truly outstanding heirloom there. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Ron

 

[rabjr]

I have to say, I always give an outline and then let the craftsman do his thing, last thing I would want to do is handcuff an artist. In this case I told him what the horn would be used for and told him I wanted my name, the name of one of the militia units that were here back then and the date 1790. I also said I'd like "Liberty" on the horn some where and anything else I left entirely up to him.

Now, look at my States symbol, I had never seen a tree on that symbol, its always been an Anchor as far as I know and I believed it went as far back as 1600's. I asked him about it and promptly got a history lesson. :haha: :thumbsup: Not only does he create master pieces but he also puts in some research before he creates. I just think its pretty dang cool what I learned tonight and I'll be sure to pass the history lesson on to people who examine my horn in the future.
So Rick, I can't thank you enough and I am extremely glad I sent it to you instead of sitting here fumbling around with it myself. It certainly would not have ended up lookin any where near what you did. :hatsoff:

 

[jethro224]

Nice horn! :thumbsup:
It'll go great with a Swampy bag.

 

[BigDogg]

Awesome horn swampy! What an heirloom! Rick's work is amazing, to say the least. That horn is a real eye catcher. :hatsoff:

 

[BrownBear]

They don't get any better than that, especially with all the personal links- both to your history Swampy and between you an Rick. Heirloom is too small a word! :thumbsup:

 

[Marc Adamchek]

Whoa Nelly! What a fantastic horn, especially for a Rhode Island Militia Man! That's a truly awe-inspiring work of art. Horner75, you are a righteous rascal, my friend (I get to call him 'Friend" cuz I bought a horn from him!). Really, not too many people would've gone the distance and put so much thought, love and care into that horn like you did. But, I guess Swampy's the type of guy who deserves it so I reckon it all evens out down the line!

 

[John Tice]

In a word: Outstanding :thumbsup: That's what modern muzzleloading horns are all about.

 

[sniper68]

...... Now that just looks rite. :thumbsup: (to Swampy).. :hatsoff: (To Horner75)

 

[rabjr]

Ok for those curious about it,

My research found that the “tree” battle banner was used by several of the Revolution Militia groups in Rhode Island displaying the 13 stars in defiance to the English forces. It is not fully known when the anchor replaced the tree, but was believed to be incorporated before 1780. About the same time, Massachusetts also adopted a flag with a tree on it known as the George Washington Battle ship flag.

A common symbol on Colony Patriotic powder horns symbolizing A Blooming Nation or New Life. That’s the reason you see so many different types of foliage, vines and flowers on early horn work and gun engravings. This is only theory by some historical experts....sounds good to me!

 

[Brasilikilt]

Wow....having done about 15-20 horns myself, I can say that this one is better than most of those put together.
The last time I did so much scrimshaw, my thumb was numb for 2 weeks!

I have a thick misshapen horn like that, and haven't messed with it on account that it would be too difficult. I'm inspired now to have a go at it with the 'ol Harbor Freight heat gun.

Always a pleasure looking at Rick the Horner's work!
P.S. I really like that style of mallet. I have lathe and need to make one now