Author Topic: Two horns completed commemorating two F & I war forts that I live between.  (Read 4685 times)

LehighBrad

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Finished two powder horns to commemorate the two French & Indian war fortifications that once stood along the Susquehanna river where I'm from. Fort Halifax is located on land that once was my uncles familys farm 5 miles south of my home. Fort Augusta is 30 minutes north of my home. These horns were made for the annual Fort Halifax festival, but due to previous commitments and a rifle build in progress, I was unable to attend this past year.


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Offline Tim Crosby

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 Nice work, Well done.

  Tim C.

Offline JDK

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Really nice work Brad.

Enjoy, J.D.
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Offline alyce-james

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Sir; Very nice work. Quality work of these horns  is outstanding. Thanks for sharing. AJ
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 Very nice work. I especially like the "Halifax" lip's file work and architecture. How's the lehigh rifle coming along?
Nice horns!

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The rifle is coming along....s l o w l y Leatherbelly. I'm relief carving it now. I did a little rocco-like incise design under the entry  pipe and started around the lock panels and barrel tang. I feel like I'm playing that old game "OPERATION" when I have a chisel in my hand near the stock!!! Fearful of touching the sides of the hole with the tweezers and getting a loud buzzing alarm!!!  :-[ Thanks for askin' though. And thanks for the ego boost on the horns guys....the relief carving depleted my ego supply. ;D

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The horns really look right!
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Offline Eric Smith

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Great job, Brad. Nicely done.
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Offline draken

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WOW!   Absolutely beautiful work! :) :)
Dick 

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