AeroncaTAL
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Last May I attended the Oregon Gun Maker's Fair in Philomath. The first day of the fair was a powder horn making class. The class was fantastic and I sure learned a lot. However 8 hours wasn't near enough time for me to complete my horn. Well after that weekend, I put my class project aside and proceeded to build a horn both for my son and daughter.
My son's horn was a Tim Tansel style horn and was my first attempt at scrim shaw.
Son's Horn
My daughter's horn was a F&I style horn with a dragon scrimshaw. The artwork is my daughter's.
Daughter's Horn
I didn't forget about my class project however and finally finished the horn. It is also a F&I style horn. It took me a bit to decide what scrimshaw design to put on. I finally settled on a map of the Northern Willamette River Valley here in Oregon. The map is based on Government Land Office plats dating back to the mid 1850's and shows the Willamette River, towns and trails/road that existed then. On the back side is a stylized compass rose. I did use a little creative license and added the original Jason Lee Misson (about 3 miles north of the actual location) and a fictuous "Fort Forest Hills" which is our BP club. The spout plug is carved from smoke tree wood and the strap I wove on my wife's loom. All in all I'm quite please with the horn.
Now, the horn that I had been using was one I put together from a Dixie kit. I never really was satisfied with the horn and wanted to do something with it. After I finished my big horn, I decided to completely redo the horn. I based the design on an original carved horn pictured in Sibley's book. I had three nice flats for scrimshaw, and since the Octoberfest was going on locally, I decided on a bundle of wheat, a stag and doe (some more of my daughter's art work) and a village. The horn came out quite well and I am donating it to my club for a monthly raffle prize.
Oh, here's a pic of the horn before I rebuilt it.
I'm really liking this horn making stuff. It is quite rewarding.
Scott
My son's horn was a Tim Tansel style horn and was my first attempt at scrim shaw.
Son's Horn
My daughter's horn was a F&I style horn with a dragon scrimshaw. The artwork is my daughter's.
Daughter's Horn
I didn't forget about my class project however and finally finished the horn. It is also a F&I style horn. It took me a bit to decide what scrimshaw design to put on. I finally settled on a map of the Northern Willamette River Valley here in Oregon. The map is based on Government Land Office plats dating back to the mid 1850's and shows the Willamette River, towns and trails/road that existed then. On the back side is a stylized compass rose. I did use a little creative license and added the original Jason Lee Misson (about 3 miles north of the actual location) and a fictuous "Fort Forest Hills" which is our BP club. The spout plug is carved from smoke tree wood and the strap I wove on my wife's loom. All in all I'm quite please with the horn.
Now, the horn that I had been using was one I put together from a Dixie kit. I never really was satisfied with the horn and wanted to do something with it. After I finished my big horn, I decided to completely redo the horn. I based the design on an original carved horn pictured in Sibley's book. I had three nice flats for scrimshaw, and since the Octoberfest was going on locally, I decided on a bundle of wheat, a stag and doe (some more of my daughter's art work) and a village. The horn came out quite well and I am donating it to my club for a monthly raffle prize.
Oh, here's a pic of the horn before I rebuilt it.
I'm really liking this horn making stuff. It is quite rewarding.
Scott
