Powder horns

[omarick1948]

Here are some recent additions from my Horn Bench. These are a mix of both traditional and contemporary engraving. All bands and inlays are Britannia pewter.

Thanks for looking,
Rick

 

[Rifleman1776]

Oh, man! :shocked2:
As always, those are something else. Way special. :thumbsup:
Seeing those reminds me of a local guy (gone now) who was a genius gunsmith (when sober) who specialized in making minature pistols. His pistols were mostly C&Bs but occaisonally cartridge types. They always included ammuntion and could be shot. And, to boot, they were beautifully engraved. Well, we also had a wealthy lady in the area who bought every one of the pistols as soon as they were completed. Over the years, I'm sure she spent many thousands of dollars on those pistols. Seeing your horns, if I were wealthy, I do believe I would be the equivalent of that lady. But, not wealthy. Thanks for letting me enjoy the pics for free. :grin:

 

[Mockingbird]

Beautiful

 

[JeffG]

Stunning. Seriously. :hatsoff:

 

[FishDFly]

Your work continues to get better all
the time.

"All bands and inlays are Britannia pewter."

What is Britannia pewter?

 

[Juice Jaws]

Very nice, you do good work, I can paint by the numbers

 

[Claude Mathis]

What is Britannia pewter?

No lead? Actually not pewter? (I'm asking)

 

[omarick1948]

A trade description for a pewter alloy containing a comparatively high proportion of antimony ”“ typically 92% tin, 6% antimony and 2% copper.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Wonderful work.

 

[MSW]

fantastic!

tell us more about the pewter, please.

 

[omarick1948]

Britannia pewter is like German Silver not being silver at all. Britannia is a metal alloy as described above and is called pewter, but has no lead in it. At least the real stuff doesn't! __ You can use real pewter, but I like this metal alloy and besides, I had it on hand. All of the band parts on the horns are first poured into a mold I made and then turned on my lathe. I want to give credit to Hornsmith, Tim Crosby for showing me the process.

Rick

 

[bubba.50]

awesome horns to look at & admire and a metallurgy lesson too :thumbsup: . outstanding as always sir :hatsoff: .

 

[crockett]

Yeah, excellent.

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Wow! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[hoochiepapa]

Nice!! The pewter really sets them off.

 

[wattlebuster]

I like em :thumbsup:

 

[hawkthrower]

As always Rick, your work never fails to amaze me. The pewter is a really nice touch and your engraving is just getting better, if that's possible.
Ron

 

[omarick1948]

Sincere thanks to everybody....Truly!

Rick

 

[FishDFly]

How many hours do you have in the completed horn?

 

[omarick1948]

Richard, I never kept track of the time involved for these sets. Probably in the 30-40 hour range.

Rick