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Offline doc623

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POWDER HORN
« on: July 06, 2012, 06:37:27 AM »
How does one turn the spout end of a powder horn on a lathe.
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Re: POWDER HORN
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2012, 08:00:29 AM »
For the pour hole, I use a hand drill...For the outside of the horn I use a file or draw knife...
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Re: POWDER HORN
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2012, 01:11:04 PM »
You don't.   The horns are carved, filed, sanded or a combination of them as flintlock suggested.   Even so some mighty fancy horns were turned out in the golden days of yore.   I went the other route and scrimshawed those I made.
 
A couple I probably made late 70's/early 80's that I still have.
 
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Re: POWDER HORN
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2012, 01:33:35 PM »
larry, you did good on those. hugh
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Re: POWDER HORN
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2012, 01:57:26 PM »
Thanks Hugh.   Without digging records out of storage I can't quote numbers, but starting from about 1970 I made a couple of hundred horns anyway between those for powder, salt or rum that I bartered at rendezvous with along with home made knives, leather goods and I was big into real vintage trade beads from the Rocky Mountain fur era as well.    Still have a bunch of those old beads.
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Evolution at work. Over two million years ago the genus Homo had small cranial capacity and thick skin to protect them from their environment. One species has evolved into obese cranial fatheads with thin skin in comparison that whines about anything and everything as their shield against their environment. Meus
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