Started work on my 100th Powder Horn.

[Bob Gerard]

I want to do a nice 100th Powder Horn. I chose a relatively large right side carry and making it a lobed one. I cut a disc from a flattened piece of horn and inlet it into the base plug, with a little engraving work.
For this horn I am envisioning a hunter scene made in a woodcut style, so my border bands and and frames will need to compatible in style, which I tried to do with the scrolls on the butt medallion. They will come next.
I hope it comes out well.

[Daniel Coats]

Very creative and original idea can't wait to see it finished!

[Fred Hembree]

Congratulations on your 100th horn!  I bet it’s going to be a beautiful one.

[bigsmoke]

Bob, As usual, that horn is going to be a work of art.
Doing horns as beautiful and striking as you do, the 100th is a true milestone.  I shudder to think what #1,000 will look like.
Keep it up my friend,
John (Bigsmoke)
PS:  I never kept count of the horns I produced, but I would imagine my #100 would have rolled off the workbench somewhere around March or April of 1984.  But there is a huge difference between your horns and mine.

[MuskratMike]

Bob: there is no doubt this will be a fantastic horn. The style is one anyone would love to have. I hope whoever ends up with it carries it and it doesn't spend it's life on a display shelf.

[Bob Gerard]

Thanks for your support and kind thoughts!
I got back to it yesterday and today, working on the upper and lower border bands. I often change my designs and here’s an example of a change made mid-stream. It seemed doing that scroll work around the lobe holes was just too much scrolling…

[Daniel Coats]

Amazing Bob I really like this one!

[Bob Gerard]

I think I am about ready to work on the hunting scene(s). My idea is of a 17th century wood-cut type image. Not sure if it will be on two panels or just one wrap-around scene… 🤔

[old george]

It's a great looking horn anxiously awaiting the hunting scene Bob. I like the lobed horns.

george

[Bob Gerard]

I have been pondering on a couple of lay-outs for the illustration on this horn; two bordered panels or try a cylinder image that wraps around the horn. I’ve never done the latter so it will be a first. It will be a hunting scene with a buck and the familiar hunting dog and trees and stuff. I think it will work. Here’s my final sketches of the layout. I will start with the Hunter first.

[Bob Gerard]

A few more hours today. I have much of the Hunter finished , next the hound I think.

[Daniel Coats]

Awesome beyond my imagination! Let the hound out Bob!

[old george]

Bob,
 you've really nailed the hunter, waiting foe the hound and buck. It's going to be a masterpiece. Maybe needs to find a place in the Michigan woods.

george

[Bob Gerard]

Thanks for the encouraging words! I worked on the stag and the hound, with a bit of vegetation. Wore out my pen nib!
Some more work to do on the foreground and then next will be the background to pull it all together, though I haven’t yet decided on what it will be.

[Bob Gerard]

Almost finished 🙂

[Daniel Coats]

I like it!