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Offline Marcruger

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Hess NC Artillery Horn - Exceeding Expectations
« on: June 16, 2020, 10:55:16 PM »
Hi Folks,

In the mail today I received a horn from Ron Hess.  The subject line above says it all.  It's an beautiful recreation of the original North Carolina Surry County Artillery horn.  The original was up for sale recently, and I have included a couple of photos for comparison. 

The horn appears in Jay's book, and he guessed it was a Virginia horn (due to base plug shape) with an NC connection, but others believe it to be an NC horn.  Surry County was misspelled "Sorray" on the original.  The original owner's name was John Sayler, and it is so marked.  From my research there were two Revolutionary War NC line artillery units, but neither were founded in Surrey County, so it is probably the owner's home county. Anyone with information on John Sayler and his unit would be appreciated. 

I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do.  Ron did an exceptional job all the way around.  My apologies for the photos, as they do not really capture the rich colors. 

God Bless,   Marc

















The original horn below....







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Offline MuskratMike

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Re: Hess NC Artillery Horn - Exceeding Expectations
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2020, 11:50:52 PM »
I love it and you should be very proud to be the caretaker of this fine horn.
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Offline Top Jaw

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Re: Hess NC Artillery Horn - Exceeding Expectations
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2020, 12:39:32 AM »
Nice recreation! 
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Offline Tim Crosby

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Re: Hess NC Artillery Horn - Exceeding Expectations
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2020, 12:54:35 AM »
 A Beauty, nicely crafted.

   Tim
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Offline Greg Pennell

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Re: Hess NC Artillery Horn - Exceeding Expectations
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2020, 04:22:34 PM »
Looks like a spot-on perfect copy, to me.  Very nicely done, the engraving is so crisp and clean!

Greg
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Offline Marcruger

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Re: Hess NC Artillery Horn - Exceeding Expectations
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2020, 05:29:52 PM »
".... the engraving is so crisp and clean!"

Yes, Ron tends to do that.    :)
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Offline BOB HILL

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Re: Hess NC Artillery Horn - Exceeding Expectations
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2020, 06:48:59 PM »
Marc, Ron sure did a great job again. Beautiful good ol' Southern horn there.
Bob
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Offline G. Elsenbeck

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Re: Hess NC Artillery Horn - Exceeding Expectations
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2020, 07:54:22 PM »
Marc you have a great treasure and Ron, you did real good!  Love it.Gary
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Re: Hess NC Artillery Horn - Exceeding Expectations
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2020, 11:11:14 PM »
An absolute knockout!! Thanks for sharing ;D

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Offline Mark Elliott

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Re: Hess NC Artillery Horn - Exceeding Expectations
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2020, 05:04:27 PM »
Very nice job!
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