Anyone have or know of examples of antique or recreated French Canadian powder horns? (with inscriptions in French would be cool)? I can't find anything using google...
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French Powder Horns?
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Figure out what you want the inscription to be then translate it to french.
Yeah, I have that in mind. Hoping to see what some orignals looked like though.
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French rarely engraved horns in the dreaded Anglais manner … and whereas the troops were French Marines, if military, you really should opt for a ‘pulverin’ (horn worn vertical) not a traditional horn.
Milicen used horns:
“French rarely engraved horns in the dreaded Anglais manner … and whereas the troops were French Marines, if military, you really should opt for a ‘pulverin’ (horn worn vertical) not a traditional horn.
Milicen used horns:
“Milice wore a powder horn and shooting pouch, not a cartridge box. The horn was commonly 12 to 14 inches long in this period and the pouch was made of a sturdy hide such as cow or pig. These were hand sewn, and not laced and had a good flap for protection.” Source = French Milice (Militia) | Donegal Township Riflemen, Inc.
However, I’m not too sure what Courier de Bois’s may have used … likely similar to the milice.
Milicen used horns:
“French rarely engraved horns in the dreaded Anglais manner … and whereas the troops were French Marines, if military, you really should opt for a ‘pulverin’ (horn worn vertical) not a traditional horn.
Milicen used horns:
“Milice wore a powder horn and shooting pouch, not a cartridge box. The horn was commonly 12 to 14 inches long in this period and the pouch was made of a sturdy hide such as cow or pig. These were hand sewn, and not laced and had a good flap for protection.” Source = French Milice (Militia) | Donegal Township Riflemen, Inc.
However, I’m not too sure what Courier de Bois’s may have used … likely similar to the milice.
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Interesting - thanks!
French pulverin, a rope went up each side, knoted below the bottom eyelet.
Fitzhugh Williams
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For those times when I do not use a pre-rolled cartridge, I use a very plain horn with no engraving at all. For me, when doing French, it all depends on the rules of the site.
That is a flask made of horn but it is not a powder horn.
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There are but a couple of Fr-Can. engraved horns and one of them is questioned. Do not suggest going there. I have one horn that is probably correct that came out of Fr.-Canada. It has a two hole lobed ear for connecting the strap at rear. An eastern buffalo horn would also be correct but very hard to come across one.
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french horns .....are they not brass with a big bell on the end? 
sorry just had to do it.
sorry just had to do it.
Cruzatte
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The Voyager's Sketch Book has drawings of powder horns carried by French Canadians. They're very plain; the fanciest one having some chip carving on the butt plug.
Google.,, pulvérin français,, and you find lots of pictures from French horns
… and just what does that
mean … ??? Usless input really, without any details.
Maybe the top spout is shaped differently than that you believe, but otherwise the SHAPE of the horn body, with 2 end caps, and 4 ring eyes (2 up each side) are INDENTICAL to pulverins the French military used.
Fitzhugh Williams
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As I read the comments by the OP, he is interested in a conventional powder horn and not the Pulvérin or the Fourniment (which is leather and wood), all of which were used for black powder. The latter two would have been used by the Compagnies franches de la Marine.
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Erwan
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When I was still living in Paris, rue Sophie Germain, my neighbor, a dealer in antique weapons and curator of the St Etienne weapons museum, wrote a complete book on this subject, you should be able to find this book for a small fee on Amazon or eBay...
The name of the author is Robert Marquiset and the name of the book is simply " Poires à Poudre ". You don't really need to read French to understand it...
The name of the author is Robert Marquiset and the name of the book is simply " Poires à Poudre ". You don't really need to read French to understand it...
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Note that the Pulvérin or the Fourniment were the King's property and normally returned to stores when a colonial solder was discharged. As a result not many were around as personal property. Did find one that showed up in an officers death personal property listing.
An engraved Fr-Can. powderhorn seems to be rare.
An engraved Fr-Can. powderhorn seems to be rare.
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