1790 Rhode Island Militia Horn for friend!

[Horner75]

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

Horn the way I received it.


After heat rounding. Note thick horn wall!


After horn is near completion, I start laying out and start engraving.


Some engraving detail:








The Finished Powder Horn

[crazell]

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

[William]

Another fine horn! 

[Stumblin Wolf]

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

[bmcret]

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

[larry74]

very nice

[Bison Horn]

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

[wattlebuster]

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

[beowulf]

that`s quite a piece of work !