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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: Rt5403 on September 02, 2022, 12:05:51 AM
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Anyone make a good powder horn kit out there?
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Anyone make a good powder horn kit out there?
Considering the time it takes to make a good horn/ kit, the price will be about the same or more if you add in postage. A Lot depends on what style your looking for.
I'm sure you will hear about some some out there. Here is a good start:
https://www.powderhornsandmore.com/product-category/powderhorn-kits/
Tim C.
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Anyone make a good powder horn kit out there?
Considering the time it takes to make a good horn/ kit, the price will be about the same or more if you add in postage. A Lot depends on what style your looking for. I'm sure you will hear about some out there. Here is a good start:
https://www.powderhornsandmore.com/product-category/powderhorn-kits/
Tim C.
Great advice and even if you decide on a finished horn instead of a kit, Powder Horns & More has you covered. I have a couple of finished horns that I bought from them, the second one I customized with a cherry plug on a buffalo horn.
(https://i.ibb.co/cYZvZLk/IMG-20211015-201105.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9Z1v1tc)
If I were to buy a horn kit it would be this one;
https://www.powderhornsandmore.com
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Crazy Crow in Texas has lots of kits
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I'd be interested in hearing some opinions about a good first time kit as well. I have been wanting to make a Scandinavian style flat horn. I see Powder Horns & More has medium and large kits for flat horns that look to have much of the shaping already done. Are these something someone with limited to no experience with horn work can put together, add some personal touches, maybe carve the mouth, etc. readily?
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I'd be interested in hearing some opinions about a good first time kit as well. I have been wanting to make a Scandinavian style flat horn. I see Powder Horns & More has medium and large kits for flat horns that look to have much of the shaping already done. Are these something someone with limited to no experience with horn work can put together, add some personal touches, maybe carve the mouth, etc. readily?
I would think so, if you are taking about carving you may want to practice on some scrap horn before starting on the real thing. I have plenty of pieces I will send you for the postage if you want. Gotta start somewhere.
Tim C.
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That is very generous. I'll keep that in mind Tim. I'm an avid art "appreciator," but I'm no artist for sure. I'm pretty sure my 7 year old draws better than I do. ;D My friend Brian who posts here from time to time definitely has more artistic skills than I do. He did some incised work on his own horn, so after I get it together, I may have him add some lettering for me or something of that nature.
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I to thought that it just can't be that hard to make a decent horn even though I have a good friend who lives close by who creates masterpieces and a new buddy who has made a few for me so I've seen the work it takes. I bought a horn on line and a base plug and went to work. I have no modern tools for this kind of work other than a rasp, scraper, files sanding block and lots of sharp knives. Took almost a year to complete (after several putting it away for ever episodes) and when I proudly showed the finished product to Scott Morrison he advised me to give it away to a new shooter. The next one will be done when he says it is done.
Never again will I grouse about what Scott or Tim charge me. their rejects are better than my best effort.
Here's a photo of mine.
(https://i.ibb.co/ZLzpTVr/Horn-5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/DVfHKtF)
(https://i.ibb.co/Jds2LmP/Horn-6.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0XGZNm3)
(https://i.ibb.co/1MN8HYG/Horn-7.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ScgRqDw)
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I to thought that it just can't be that hard to make a decent horn...
I assume it takes a lot of work to make the true works of art many of the talented modern horners produce. I've seen enough fine original and contemporary horns to know that some serious skill and artistry goes into making them. I'm more interested in trying to create something functional that I can call my own. Anything beyond the basics that I'd do would be along the lines of something a grunt might have done while bored to personalize a horn, not a true work of art like the master horners of old or now.
I like your horn. There are plenty of originals out there that were plainer than that. I see no reason not to proudly use it.