My first powder horn attempt

[MountainDevil54]

Done! Made the staples myself out of a coat hanger, flattened them, heated then up and put a twist in them. A little wood glue for some support and they tapped into the horn and wood base plug nicely. The base plug & spout I lightly torched for some age and color. A hand rubbed coat of linseed oil and shes done! Already hanging off my shooting bag. 100% sealed air tight including the staple that goes through the horn.

[Dan-o]

Cool craftsmanship.

Thanks for sharing.

[Tracker0721]

I like the brass tip! I made a little wood plug for my first but out of softwood and broke it’s first time out. I think I still have 5 or so horns in a box with some india ink waiting to be made up.

[Rem14]

Very nice, always like the personal touch stuff.
Here is my first attempt. Old shed half eaten and hollowed out. Holds 1000 grs. FF

[MountainDevil54]

not a brass tip guys. Its aged mule deer antler i lightly hit with the blow torch.

[Tracker0721]

Ha! Zooming in I can see it’s not now. I had an incident with a saw and a Woodchip getting in my eye and scratched it pretty good so a quick look with one blurry eye looked like brass!

[Buckhunter24]

Rem, how did you go about hollowing out the shed?

[Rem14]

Rem, how did you go about hollowing out the shed?

The  main beam of the shed was chewed off and some of the inside was  soft. I cut off the end and  the branch to get entrance holes, then used long drill bits and round rasp files to finish hogging it out. I used some antler pieces to cover the branch hole and the end with the plug. Truoil to seal.
Didn't mean to jack your thread Mountain Devil

[OutHouse]

Two very cool pieces fellas. I've been thinking about a mini horn type of powder horn to replace the plastic containers I got for reloads.