Riflemen's Horn

[David Rase]

Thought I would share a couple photos of my recently completed riflemen's horn.  This horn will a companion piece for my 1803 Harpers Ferry rifle.  All that is left to complete the ensemble is the riflemen's bag which I am currently working on.
David

[Bull Shannon]

Did you make the spout as well?

[Tim Crosby]

 Nice work David, same question on the tip, I'm thinking yes. Really neat work.

   Tim

[Greg Pennell]

Very nice!  Be sure and post the bag as well!

Greg

[David Rase]

Did you make the spout as well?

Yes, the spout was hand made.  After cutting off the tip of the horn I drilled the spout and threaded a 5/16" x 18 tap into the hole.  Holding the horn in my lathe by the tap I turned a round taper on the horn tip.  I then template the taper using a piece of tag board.  I transferred the pattern to a piece of .040" brass and cut, annealed and formed the spout over a matching tapered mandrel.  I then soldered the seam.  Next I formed a U shaped piece of brass and fit and soldered it to the spout with the legs pointing towards the brass cone.  This made the ears or the lever to pivot on.  Once the U shaped piece of brass was soldered to the cone I cut the U off and shaped the ears.  The lever was cut, filed from and fit from a scrap of solid brass I had laying around the shop.  The spring was made from a piece of 1084 steel.  The decorative rings were added using my lathe prior to pinning the spout to the horn.
David     

[rich pierce]

Very fitting for a military piece as it looks the part, 100%.  Nice work on the spout.

[Tim Crosby]

  "Once the U shaped piece of brass was soldered to the cone I cut the U off and shaped the ears." 
 Cool trick, that'll go in my notes.

   Thanks, Tim

[will payne]

That's nice. Are you going to add carvings to the horn.