New powder horn

[Spotted Dog]

Hand rolled brass tube and hand cut top . Soldered together and nailed on . Pine base nailed on and sealed air tight.

[Knotty]

Cow horn?

[Spotted Dog]

Yes. Off a longhorn

[Knotty]

Nice job 👍

[---GUTSHOT--->]

That's cool

[mullet]

That is a really cool horn. Did you get that idea from an original?

[Zuma]

Very nice sir.
Zuma

[Spotted Dog]

  Yes I did. I have seen Spanish like this , but it is more French and the Matchlock era . I have a 1680s musket to finish.
A William III musket.  A .775 cal  or 10 gauge.

[Pappy]

I like it a lot, may try to make one like that. Is that a copper tube for pouring the powder ?
 Pappy

[Spotted Dog]

Yes it is. I need to make a plug for it. Maybe dogwood.

[BowEd]

Nice job Dog soldering and all......Any steam shaping done to this one?The pouring end looks flatter right?Suppose that's the design factor.What are the dimensions?Have you delved into skrimshawing a time or two?You got a really nice white background for it on this one.

[Spotted Dog]

 Thanks. I wish I would of had a good mandrel to form spout. I used a rock hammer and a drift punch from when I was
still able to work full time. Pouring end is flat and I let the horn determine shape. It is 6 1/2 " tall and 3" base and 2 1/2 top.
I have tried some scrim, but hurts my hands too much. I have another in the works. Going to make a bait horn too.
Maybe even a tinder horn.

[mullet]

Now I know why I asked, saw it in Muzzleloader Magazine.

[Spotted Dog]

 I haven't seen it. Which issue ? I like the real early guns.

[mullet]

May/June, 2016.