some powder horns I made

[Brasilikilt]

Hey everyone

I thought I would post some photos to show these off.....

they're all new except for the large white one on top which is my second horn I made when I was still a teenager, right after I got my flintlock.
The really interesting thing about it is the copper nails. A friend gave them to me who was restoring an old chinese box which was made around 1750 he said. He couldn't use them on the box again so he gave them to me. :grin:

I cut the wooden peg off the base plug and replaced it with a staple I made myself....looks nice and pretty easy to make.

The second and third ones down is made out of a horn I bought in Brasil.....the larger has a walnut base and spout plug and for the small horn I used southern yellow pine

The bottom one didn't turn out the way I intended, and I might put some more work into it

Thanks for looking
Iain

 

[AZ-Robert]

Very nice. I like the look of the base plug in the last photo. What did you use for the staple? Wire you flattened?

 

[crgabel]

Nice work, I'll have to try a horn some day.
Craig

 

[oldarmy]

those are great.
I really need to build one. I still use an old brass flask and a new plastic T/C.

 

[anvil1231]

Nice work,Real Nice :bow:

 

[BS]

Looks like some very nice work! :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[Brasilikilt]

Thanks for the compliments! Nobody around me cares much about powder horns. It's nice to see people like mine enough to take the time to write a little something nice about them. :grin:

The truth of the matter is, making a good servicable horn isn't difficult. If I can do it, anyone can!

The base plug on that horn is either Redwood, or Western red cedar, I forget which. I had to use soft wood because the only tool I had at the time was a swiss army knife! :haha:

For the staples, I just cut sections of old wire coat hanger, heat them up with a blow torch and hammered them square on the little flat spot on my bench vise.
After that hold both ends with pliers or vise grip. I found I got the best results when I heated only the section I wanted to twist, and then continue heating and twisting along the length (I've also been using this same technique for making vent picks)

Thanks again for the nice words :hatsoff:

Iain