Thank you all for the comments guys and if you haven't noticed or not, but I do kind of like bison horns too. Something like contrasting different materials against a black horn is intriquing. Some work, some don't. I like to think they were used more than what we tend to think as powder horns during the early days. I'm always trying to envison what they may have looked, etc. I've even made a couple screw tips from them and they didn't stay in the shop long. Sooo, I keep trying to come up with a nice looking package that 'could' have been made.
Tim, I appreciate your request to have your base plugs carved and am always willing to try different things. Just to warn you, carving in end grain can be challenging, not to mention what it does on the tools. Gotta keep them sharp.
On to the next project.
Gary