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MikeCooper

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scrimshaw designs?
« on: August 30, 2011, 01:08:02 AM »
whats a good source of map designs for powder horns?    I build a horn every now and then and always have trouble deciding what to scrimshaw on it. 
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Offline alyce-james

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Re: scrimshaw designs?
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2011, 02:06:41 AM »
Good evening Mike; My first three books I used were, 1) "AMERICAN POWDER HORNS", by Stephen V. Grancsay. 2) " AMERICAN ENGRAVED POWDER HORN", by John S. De Mont and 3) "ENGRAVED POWDER HORNS", by Nathan L. Swayze. Good luck on your new and exciting venture. AJ
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MikeCooper

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Re: scrimshaw designs?
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2011, 03:41:09 AM »
Thanks,  I'll look for some of those books.   Are there any good maps online that would be good for scrimshaw?   
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Offline Jerry V Lape

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« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2011, 08:09:17 AM »
I found some colonial maps on line.  Can't remember where now but it wasn't hard to locate them. 
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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2011, 03:08:09 PM »
 This may help:

   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/milmapquery.html

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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2011, 05:52:52 PM »
The maps on horns are not the least bit to scale, etc.  Often they are just a way to know which fort or settlement is next, up river.  The Hartley horn drawings book by the Honorable Company of Horners has several map horns and is dirt cheap.
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« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2011, 06:36:38 PM »
Has anyone seen a nice map of the Great Shamokin Path from Sunbury PA to Kittanning, PA?
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« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2011, 06:52:28 PM »
Try here, I have most of these maps and they are very nice. Large size, maybe 12" x 16" give or take a little.
http://wennawoods.com/cgi-bin/listpage.cgi?cat=maps&store=books
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Offline G. Elsenbeck

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« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2011, 07:02:29 PM »
Also google "American engraved powderhorns", click on images and have a ball.

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Re: scrimshaw designs?
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2011, 07:22:55 PM »
Lee Larkin published a sketchbook showing the designs of many colonial era horns in great detail - figures, lettering, buildings, forts, animals, etc. - all nice line drawings transposed from originals.  And I think it is very inexpensive.

"A Sketchbook of Colonial and Early American Powder Horn Engraving Designs: 1740-1800. 

Here is a link where it can be purchased

http://www.longrifle.ws/forsale/default.asp?categoryID=7&orderby=Price&age=

I would recommend it, and also getting at least one of the books that shows good (preferably color) photographs of antique examples, so you can see how the various designs were used within the context of the overall horns.

Good luck

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« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2011, 02:13:53 PM »
Other than for maps, you might try a google tour under 'tattoo flash'.  Some very creative line-drawn images.
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mjm46@bellsouth.net

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« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2011, 09:13:36 PM »
I assume you're looking for maps of the French & Indian war era. Try this link there are several around page 8, 9...... you can blow them up to get enough detail for a map horn. Good luck.

http://www.google.com/search?q=french+and+indian+war+maps&hl=en&biw=1004&bih=419&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=1hlhTpC1OtOgtwf11tn1Dw&sqi=2&ved=0CBoQsAQ
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« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2011, 05:59:25 AM »
thanks for all the good links.   

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