Your favorite powder horn

[Nordnecker]

I'd just like to see a picture or two of your favorite powder horn. It doesn't matter if it's old or new, if it's yours or in a museum, whether you use it or just admire it. So many pictures from older posts are gone. Let's see 'em.

[Hornbuilder]

This is my latest horn with a southern type style . so far my favorite !

[louieparker]

Dated 1823

[wattlebuster]

This aint a good picture but its all I could find right now. This is my favorite horn. Its made by Scott Sibley. It is a kinda sorta version of the Boone horn. IT is paired with a Curt Lyles bag an Don Bruton Boone pattern rifle. Maybe you can see the horn close enough.

[Joe S.]

You folks are setting the bar pretty high right off,those are some real nice horns.

[PPatch]

This is my regular shooting horn. I've no idea who made it but I purchased it at a KY/TN gun show several years ago. Holds about 3/4 pound of powder.



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[Ray Settanta]

My first horn. Made by Tim Crosby.

[Top Jaw]

I made this one back in 2009 to commemorate an ancestor of mine "Ambrose Huffman" who moved into Highland County, Ohio, from Virginia, in 1809.  I made it up as something he may have had given to him by a relative, prior the families' journey.  Ohio may have been a state by then, but from my reading, most of it was still a wilderness at that point, and occasional Indians could still be encountered traveling through the southern counties near the Ohio, even after the Treaty of Greenville said they were to remain in the north.  On the reverse side, I scrimmed "Virginia to Ohio", with 1809 inside a rising sun.  This one is my favorite because of the family history connection.  I carry it on my shooting bag now.

[David Rase]

So many horns, so many favorites.  Here is todays favorite horn.  I really like the strap on this horn.  It was woven at Conner's Prairie probably 20 years ago.  The horn was made by me a few months ago.  A different day could result in a different horn. 
David

[wattlebuster]

Beautiful horns guys. Keep em coming

[tippit]

Made by a friend depicting the map from Boston to Lexington/Concord.  Pretty special for me in that my veterinary clinic is along Battle Road...tippit
 


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[Mark Elliott]

I know it is plain, but this is the favorite to date of the horns that I have made.  I am working on a new favorite out of Jay Hopkins book.

[Woodsrunner79]

Mr. Elliott that's a beauty of a horn. I love the color.

[skillman]

I just had to point out that the request was for your favorite horn. Sometimes simple and plain are truly beautiful. Like a beautiful woman, no makeup required.

Steve

[JohnnyFM]

An original I was lucky enough to find.  Plan on using it with my new squirrel huntin' rig.

[rich pierce]

Here's my big horn. 3" at the butt plug and 15" along the curve, it holds over a pound of powder.  The plug is crudely chip carved.

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[Robby]

The rings are carved into the horn, it was a job trying to maintain a natural contour to the horn, over the years I split the nozzle and made a brass sheath for it, I smashed it against a 6X6 accidentally and had to replace the Butt plug and repair the cracks with a piece of deer rawhide. Not the fanciest horn I have made but by far it is my favorite.

 





Robby

[skillman]

Horns with history and honest wear are the best kind of accoutrements to go with anyone's kit. I really admire that one Robby.

Steve

[Cades Cove Fiddler]

... A horn I scratched on to honour an ancestor who was a "long hunter" and early  settler in the Mid Tenasee Cumberland settlements and signor of the "Cumberland Compact" ...also commemorating TENNESSEE statehood .... 1796 ....

[Marcruger]

This is my favorite, passed down from my great uncle Les Hagen to my dad, and then to me.  It is a Danish/Icelandic horn given by King Christian X of Iceland to Les right before WWII for help with getting materials from the US to Iceland.  Les was in the US Army, and eventually was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge in early 1945 while serving with the 6th Armor.  The horn is deeply carved rather than scrimshawed, and shows a Gyrfalcon (national bird, Iceland) on one side, some elaborate initials I cannot read, and wild flames or foliage at each end.  When I got it, it was missing the screw-in knob on the butt (removable for filling) as well as the stopper.  The horn-master Art DeCamp made both replacement parts for me, and I am very pleased.  It's a pretty large horn, but the history is why I love it.  God Bless,   Marc



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[EricEwing]

I could not pick a favorite horn, but I will share pictures of the first and only horn I've ever completed from start to finish. It's part of a set heading up to gunmaker Roy Stroh in Maine.

[harryst]

Not sure if my photo uploaded but here is one of my horns I got several years ago from Dixions

[Jerry]

The maker of this banded horn is Edwin McDilda. I purchased it several years ago. I have used it since purchasing it from Ed.

[Natureboy]

  My horn isn't close to being as spectacular as the ones I've seen on this forum, but I like to use it.  It's scrimshawed with our family crest, and Celtic designs from the 3rd century BCE.