Powder Horn photos

[Hawk54]

Another on the way this weekend. Moved these into the folder.

Beautiful work. Your horns are works of art. How do you get those gorgeous red and golden yellow colors?

 

[Ames]

Some are natural. Most are multiple coats of stain.
I'm working on one right now that is all-natural B&W with a French & Indian twist. It's just too cool to even take a file to it. Or ink. A one of a kind I had for years, I guess.

 

[toot]

Ended up interesting when finished. Used a red oak base, charred and brushed back before a walnut stain. 2 rings with half circles cut.View attachment 48178View attachment 48179View attachment 48180 The tip is water buffalo, threaded.

the stain brought out a nice grain in it.

 

[Ames]

Yep. A lot of horns have that. You have to steel wool the dye back out to a degree to find it.

 

[Alexitt]

Well mine are nowhere near as pretty as some of these but they work well enough for me... The top and bottom ones I made back in 95-6ish when I first got started in BP to go with the Trad. Woodsman in my profile pic... Now I've picked up a few more guns including my very first flintlock which needed her own new horn hence the new Buffalo horn in the center... Nuthin' fancy as I prefer function over form in most cases but it's my work and it was fun to do... Just finishing up a Buffalo Flat horn and that was an adventure all by itself trying to get it right... Separate post coming...