New gear for a new season

[Ames]

Hunting season that is. Stayed up late a couple of nights to work on some new horns. I don't really get the time for this until winter but I made myself a little time to get these out of my brain. No room in there to hold onto ideas till' winter.
I realized recently that out of all the horns I made last year I never held onto one for myself. Having completed the Tennessee Bean flintlock this past spring I set out to make some companion pieces.
A medium sized Southern banded horn, walnut base. The tip is a combination of elk and whitetail antler, held in place with threads. Sealed with beeswax and tight as can be.
The flat primer horn has the valve tip, whitetail antler base, and the knob unscrews to fill it. I've made plenty of powder horns over the years, but for some reason I never made a primer horn before. Now I guess I can toss the brass primer I was using into a box on the shelf.

 

[zerosprk]

Excellent work, as always!

 

[Ricochet]

Awesome job. I just posted a picture of the horn I just finished up. We must have had the same thoughts going through our brains

 

[Ames]

I think so too.
I dont see any pins on your horn tip, top or bands. Epoxy?

 

[Ricochet]

Im not quite finished yet, I was waiting to find some locust thorns to use. Should be able to get some in the morning. What did you use for the pins in yours?

 

[Ames]

Birch. I've done it with metal pins only to break the bands when pushing them into place. Wood or thorns are much more forgiving I think.

 

[Ricochet]

Thanks

 

[Dale Lilly]

Hunting season that is. Stayed up late a couple of nights to work on some new horns. I don't really get the time for this until winter but I made myself a little time to get these out of my brain. No room in there to hold onto ideas till' winter.
I realized recently that out of all the horns I made last year I never held onto one for myself. Having completed the Tennessee Bean flintlock this past spring I set out to make some companion pieces.
A medium sized Southern banded horn, walnut base. The tip is a combination of elk and whitetail antler, held in place with threads. Sealed with beeswax and tight as can be.
The flat primer horn has the valve tip, whitetail antler base, and the knob unscrews to fill it. I've made plenty of powder horns over the years, but for some reason I never made a primer horn before. Now I guess I can toss the brass primer I was using into a box on the shelf.

Very nice horns... almost as pretty as the one you made for me Polecat

 

[sawyer04]

I have been thinking about how to lighten the gear load, may have to hire a powder caddy. Those horns look great Ames.

 

[Ames]

Thanks Sawyer.
Dales horns will always look better than mine. I put 100% into mine, 110% into customers horns!

 

[zerosprk]

Thanks Sawyer.
Dales horns will always look better than mine. I put 100% into mine, 110% into customers horns!

This is a fact! Ask me how I know...

 

[Ames]

 

[UndeadPoet]

That is nice work, sir! I am playing around with a few horns myself.

‘Poet

 

[Ames]

Tons of fun. Show them!

 

[UndeadPoet]

Will do, once I have done some more work on them.