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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: Clint on September 11, 2019, 01:04:48 AM
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I built a 32 cal rifle last spring and I shoot it, short range, with 12 grains of powder. All of my powder horns are much too large for this rifle, so I made a small one out of copper. Measured straight from tip to butt, it's 7 inches long.I suppose that I really need to call it a flask, as there is no horn involved. There is also no lanyard I just stick it in my back pocket.
Clint (https://i.ibb.co/9vLDGj5/copper-horn.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1n5gbxW) (https://i.ibb.co/z5BD0r3/copper2horn.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4fX357b)
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Fabulous! What ingenuity.
Tim C.
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Very cool, Nice job!!!!!
Robby
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Good evening Clint; Sir, now thats thinking outside the box. The geometry, proportions and total package are outstanding. Not to mention the skilled hands that completed this project. Great job, thanks for sharing. Have a good evening. AJ.
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Really cool looking horn. I think there is a tin made horn in Madison Grants horn book. The copper color really looks nice as a horn though.
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Absolutely outstanding! I love everything about your horn/flask. I would not polish it and just the natural patina come through.
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Great proportions! If you care to share, Did you make an internal mandrel and solder a seam to get it so even? Or was it is a tube hammered and stretched over a cone or mandrel? Or other technique? Nicely done.
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That’s a great piece of sculpture. Thanks for sharing.
Bob
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Great job sir. Looks wonderful!
Walk
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That's truly amazing work and skill. I really like that "horn".
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Now thats cool.....
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Great looking horn! I love the creativity.
Cheers,
Ken
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Very inventive and a fine job. Is the tip wood or horn or----?
Steve
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Thanks for all of the nice comments! I did use a wood core to get the basic shape for the copper. If you make a core then cover it with a few layers of masking tape, you can slit the tape on two opposing sides, you can peel it off and get a rough pattern for the copper. Add about a half inch on all sides when you cut the metal. Lots of tapping with small hammers and lots of trimming as you go. Once you get the two sides pretty well shaped , silver solder them together, one seam at a time. I used a lap joint with about 1/4" overlap and held it together with wire and small clamps. I filed the lap to zero and finished the hammering after it was soldered together. the tip is horn and it fits over a short piece of brass tubing. unfortunately it doesn't unscrew. the plug is a small chunk of black cherry and was turned on a metal lathe (yikes!) The copper was heavily tarnished with black powder flash to hide the thousands of hammer marks and the color difference from the solder. Once again, thanks for looking and for your gracious comments.
Clint
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Looking for something else in Grant's Powder Horns and Their Architecture I see a Horn made from Tin on page 124. Reference is made to it being used as an Indian trade item mid 19thc.
Tim
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Clint,
That "horn" is cool!! The tip is horn, that's close enough to be able to call it horn...
Kevin