Completed powder horn with staples

[P.W.Berkuta]

OK -- here it is - my project horn using staples completed. Installing the staples was not as bad as I first thought and the wall thickness of the spout end was thicker than I first thought. I drilled undersized holes and tapped the staples in. I used 0.062" diameter "bailling wire" which did a great job and was very secure in the horn & wood - no epoxy was used in the staple holes. The wood spout was a pain to attach to the spout as this was my first of this type and I tried to contour the wood hole to fit the horn contour. I should have rounded the horn spout to fit a round hole that I drilled into the wood spout not the other way around. The wood is epoxied onto the horn (GASP). All things considered I think it came out OK

[skillman]

I think this came out quite nice. Bravo.
A few comments. If you have a finial on the butt, it would be standard to have the strap attach to it. No need for a staple too. A wooden applied tip I believe you will find quite fragile. It is easily split by the tip plug. Depends on the wood used. Also prone to breakage from dropping and such.

Steve

[Squirrel pizza]

You have done well Grasshopper. Now lets see what your next looks like!