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Title: 1790 Rhode Island Militia Horn for friend!
Post by: Horner75 on June 13, 2011, 04:27:52 PM

I made this powder horn for my good friend Swampy to go with a new flintlock smooth bore and other accoutrement's he is compiling for his Revolutionary Militia arsenal. I made this horn from a raw horn that he furnished that is very thick walled and very egg shaped through out the horn body. I had to give this horn a slow heat several times and hard pack the body interior with sand to help push out the body wall and round it some. All engraving was period style for the time, with Militia markings, his name and other accent decorative engraving. Horn was color dyed and given a light amber patina to add some aging. There is about thirty hours work in this horn. A both challenging and fun horn project!

Rick
(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy311/horner1948/IMG_1242.jpg)
Horn the way I received it.

After heat rounding. Note thick horn wall!
(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy311/horner1948/IMG_1247.jpg)

After horn is near completion, I start laying out and start engraving.
(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy311/horner1948/IMG_1292.jpg)

Some engraving detail:
(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy311/horner1948/IMG_1323.jpg)

(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy311/horner1948/IMG_1328.jpg)

(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy311/horner1948/IMG_1326.jpg)

(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy311/horner1948/IMG_1322.jpg)

The Finished Powder Horn
(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy311/horner1948/IMG_1324.jpg)

(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy311/horner1948/IMG_1306.jpg)

(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy311/horner1948/IMG_1315.jpg)

Title: Re: 1790 Rhode Island Militia Horn for friend!
Post by: crazell on June 13, 2011, 04:47:43 PM

That is beautiful!!!! It looks like a piece of art. You do some awesome work Horner75. thmbsup thmbsup
I'm sure he will be almost speechless.I know i would be...Thank you for sharing your work through these picture's..

Title: Re: 1790 Rhode Island Militia Horn for friend!
Post by: William on June 13, 2011, 05:23:34 PM

Another fine horn! thmbsup

Title: Re: 1790 Rhode Island Militia Horn for friend!
Post by: Stumblin Wolf on June 13, 2011, 06:36:58 PM

Hoo! Thats one bad horn! Saw pics of it on another site. Great job Rick! thmbsup

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Post by: bmcret on June 15, 2011, 08:57:15 AM

gorgeuos work it is relly a beutiful thing and I'm jelous (from RI originally)

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Post by: larry74 on June 15, 2011, 10:49:16 AM

very nice

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Post by: Bison Horn on June 16, 2011, 12:49:13 AM

That's a beauty your friend will be proud of that. thmbsup BH

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Post by: wattlebuster on June 18, 2011, 05:14:59 PM

You do some awsome work. Swampy can wear that with pride. I know I would [conf]

Title: Re: 1790 Rhode Island Militia Horn for friend!
Post by: beowulf on June 18, 2011, 08:57:22 PM

that`s quite a piece of work ! dntn

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