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Offline Tim Crosby

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Horn/W Four Bands
« on: February 20, 2013, 07:50:40 PM »
  
  It is based on a horn shown in both Piedmont North Carolina Banded Powder Horns Hunting Bags & Bullet Molds by C. Michael Briggs and William Ivey’s North Carolina Longrifles 1765-1865. It is listed as being found in Alamance Co North Carolina, the horn has a date of 1803 carved on it. It also says it is missing its carved tip.
   This one is darker in color than the original, it is 12” around the outside curve. The Walnut base, about 2 ½”, is held in with 8 steel pins with 12 Brass tacks for decoration. (I would almost bet that the tacks were added later in its life) In the pix of the original you can see what looks like steel pins between some of the tacks.  The bands are not all the same size nor do they all have turned designs in them, as with the original.

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Offline Shovelbuck

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Re: Horn/W Four Bands
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2013, 09:23:33 PM »
Very, very, nice!!!
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Re: Horn/W Four Bands
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2013, 10:36:34 PM »
Looks great!
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Re: Horn/W Four Bands
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2013, 12:22:30 AM »
Thats the county Im in. Nice work
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Offline Frank Barker

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Re: Horn/W Four Bands
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2013, 03:43:34 AM »
WOW Tim....You have outdone yourself on this one.    Very Nice !
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Re: Horn/W Four Bands
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2013, 05:41:22 AM »
Good to see your in the shop again. Nice job.

Steve
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Re: Horn/W Four Bands
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2013, 08:23:05 AM »
Nice interpretation of the Strayhorn family horn, Tim.  I like it.

Scott
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Offline pathfinder

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Re: Horn/W Four Bands
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2013, 05:04:52 PM »
I'm kind of a geek when it comes to bag's,horn's and all the stuff that goes in 'em! I googled the "Piedmont bag'book you mentioned and came up empty. Any Idea where I can get one?

That is close to the first banded horn that I've seen that I really have liked! Dont know if it's the color,spacing of the band's or what, IT'S ;D PURDDY!
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Re: Horn/W Four Bands
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2013, 06:48:37 PM »
 Thanks for the positive complements.

  Michael Briggs is the author of Piedmont North Carolina Banded Powder Horns Hunting Bags & Bullet Molds
He is a member here, his email is;  mbriggs@callcoverage.com 

     Tim C.

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Re: Horn/W Four Bands
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2013, 07:06:09 PM »
Tim..I have the book and am familiar with this horn.  I like your representation.  I am also partial to the darker appearance of yours.
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Offline Shreckmeister

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Re: Horn/W Four Bands
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2013, 09:12:40 PM »
Great Looking horn Tim.  The colors are wonderful. Off topic, I have a fine piece of
Willow.  I hate to turn it and waste it attempting a plug that will fail.  Will a piece
of tightly grained Willow turn on a lathe?
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Re: Horn/W Four Bands
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2013, 12:12:06 AM »
Quote from: Shreckmeister on February 22, 2013, 09:12:40 PM
Great Looking horn Tim.  The colors are wonderful. Off topic, I have a fine piece of
Willow.  I hate to turn it and waste it attempting a plug that will fail.  Will a piece
of tightly grained Willow turn on a lathe?

  There are many different species but what I have seen, Central Virginia, turns well. I think they make Cricket bats out of it or used to.

   Tim C.
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