Did you end up building this powder horn?The matchlocks cover such an interesting period in American history! I saw an old Spanish casket in a small chapel in St Augustine, Florida, (1500's) that had three skulls and crossbones on the upper angled top, and three rows of Latin lettering on the side of the box. I'm considering doing something like that on the angled surfaces of my buttstock on this Spanish styled arquebus I'm building, maybe wood burning it in.
The history just drips off that place and the weapons of that time. One of the cannon barrels at the fort had 'Gloria A Dios' (Glory to God) in bold relief close to the touch hole. The prayer must have worked; the gun never blew up! I also considered putting a hand forged iron ring on the side of the buttstock, and a smaller one up front on the side of the fore end, for a carrying strap (goat hide?). Also I'd like to make a powder horn with the spout on the large end, but need a photo and description of how that was set up. Fuzzy original pictures show a tube extending from the large flat base plug with a cross plug in it, but is it just a wood peg? Loads of fun! Thanks everyone for your input; be well, Geo.
Related, but has anyone seen a replica of that style of powder horn for sale?