This is a powder horn that I have had on my build list a while and finally got around to doing it. It is a recreation of a horn shown on pages 334-335 of Jay Hopkin's book Bone Tipped & Banded Horns. That horn was found in Virginia and the acorn is a Virginia motif.
The horn shown below is a technically a right hand horn, but is so straight it could be easily carried either way. It is about 12.5" around the outside curve (not including the stopper), 10.25" finial to tip, and with a 1.96" diameter base plug. The screw-tip is horn and has a female thread as is typical on southern horns. The base plug and stopper are American Black Walnut.
The horn is stained with ferric nitrate. Tried and True is on the Walnut. I put a walnut oil stain over the whole thing with a little powdered charcoal sprinkled on.
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