Old family horn

[Crawfish]

Thank you very much for going to all that trouble, Brokennock. I will try to look inside it somehow.

 

[Earl Lazlo]

I have no idea how old this is, but it has been in my family forever. My Dad never mentioned anything about it. I would appreciate any info.
I grew up in NE Ohio, in the village of Stratton.
Nice little horn, scratches apparent down near the plug, which appears to be cherry, but likely v old pine.
just a plain Jane horn, nothing fancy about it. Horn has been scraped very thin down near the plug.
marks on the plug indicate it was turned on a lathe, seems like they just cranked it out fast.
I would love a good guess as to its age.

Horns are one the most if not THE most interesting items related to any firearms era bar none. First horn i bought was from an estate sale to restore it the photos speak to its condition.

Not sure of its age the estate sale manager said it belonged to late owner. He was 89 when he passed and it belonged to his grandfather.

 

[Alby]

I think the base plug was made by sawing a pine limb of a close diameter and cutting to a length for the plug, then installing it so the end grain shows. That would give it the somewhat rough appearance it has. That would be a novel way to make the plug with a minimum of tools. A nice horn that survived and very practical.

 

[Crawfish]

Had not thought of that, but looking at it, you may be right, as it is very rough on the end. No way I could leave that like that.

 

[squirehawk1774]

A horn like that is hard to tell the age. It has no initials, name or date. A horn with the architecture as this one has could have been made from 1790 to 1930's. But just guessing I would put it 1830 to 1870. I don't think the base plug is a replacement unless the horn has been shortened. If it has been shortened then I would say it's an earlier horn.

 

[Earl Lazlo]

A horn like that is hard to tell the age. It has no initials, name or date. A horn with the architecture as this one has could have been made from 1790 to 1930's. But just guessing I would put it 1830 to 1870. I don't think the base plug is a replacement unless the horn has been shortened. If it has been shortened then I would say it's an earlier horn.

It's the original butt plug that came with the horn. All i did was file down its circumference to match the new horn diameter size after removing approximately 1/2" of damaged horn. It had overtime been secured with both small nails and wood dowels. I chose to use hickory dowel pins for the butt plug & spout. My grandson who is 8 is now in the process of making his first powder horn.

 

[squirehawk1774]

I was responding to the original horn posted.