Another Old Powder Horn

[Majorjoel]

 A nice weekend find for my friend Rick Lorenzen.          

[Majorjoel]

              

[wattlebuster]

Great find. I never do get that lucky

[crowbarforge]

Thanks for sharing. Those old, plain, working man's horns are wonderful.

[Artificer]

Great pictures.  Thanks for sharing.
Gus

[heelerau]

 Joel,
        I have often seen the horn lug with a  hole protruding past the base plug, what are they used for? I just have never got around to finding out.

Cheers

Gordon

[Tim Crosby]

Joel,
        I have often seen the horn lug with a  hole protruding past the base plug, what are they used for? I just have never got around to finding out.

Cheers

Gordon

 That is where the strap was attached at one time, I suspect the pull was put on later in its life.

   Tim C.

[Majorjoel]

Thanks Tim for your reply. Sorry not to have responded to your question earlier Gordon. Many powder horns were made with "lobes" extending beyond the plug and were a natural place to attach strap ties. Many of these lobe's took a lot of abuse from daily use and were broken off or badly cracked and chipped. It is always nice to find an old horn still retaining it's original parts that it had been made and designed with!

[TradT]

Really nice find! Congrats.

[heelerau]

Thanks you blokes for the information on the horn lugs.

Cheers

Gordon