Scots type powder horn

[Mark E.]

I will admit I really admire the very fancy horns that I've seen but IMHO it's the simple ones that really get me.

Well done!

Thanks! I actually have another "on the books" that, hopefully, the quality of construction will allow me to justify decoration of quality to match. At the point I made this one, it wasn't a luxury item-I needed a powder horn, so I decided to make one. My former horn, also one that I had made, was of a very American style, and from an American steer horn, is permanently attached to a hunting pouch I nearly wore out. The former pouch I need to repair-and the horn is staying with. This one, I made buckles to fit up to several bags-I hunt deer with a longrifle (which is the bag you see it on in the one photo), birds and small game with a flintlock shotgun (another hunting pouch, not pictured), and English with a musket/pistols-since it was an almighty pain making the horn, I made it so it could adapt.

Something that has come up, too, when I am at events where shooting happens...The other folks focus on the repair. It seems with all of the "pretty equipment" out there, that the wear and tear and damage, along with the "fixer-ups" are becoming decoration on their own. I have worn out and broken knives, knife sheath parts, repaired hatchets, and fixed things on my accoutrements, all of which draw attention and comments of "Dang, that stuff looks like you really USE it". Really sets the weekenders apart from those who have stepped out of their time in a very real fashion.

[MacSaorsa]

I needed a powder horn, so I decided to make one

This is one of the reasons I like this horn. That's the sentiment that would have led our gg-grandfathers to make that exact same horn a couple of centuries ago. Great job.

[tyger]

Great job! I have made a few powder horns too, and nothing beats doing a piece for yourself that you are proud of.

Using something that you made is a hoot, and making one for somebody else is almost as cool. Keep it up.

Tyger, at Tyger Forge, wouldn't rather be anywhere else.