Beautiful horn, but he spelled Lake America wrong.. lol just kidding!

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Peter, what a splendid video!

Thank you Sir. Another historical moment. I appreciate your knowledge and work you put into to documentation.

The pure execution of scale is art in itself .The detail  is mind boggling.

I notice that your vises are modern type bench vises. How were they made in the 1700s?

On the horn at the end how did you open it up being it is solid

A line from Sabrina the teenage witch " Everything is worth something if you keep it long enough " . Enjoyed the show 👍

Great content and many thanks for sharing such special skills of an historic past. You fine men are examples of why we should celebrate our heritage and honor our ancestors who blazed the trails we follow. God bless

Pretty dang cool, all of it! Thanks 👍

Ive made several for myself,  my son, and posted some pics on a blackpowder hunting site and, next thing I know Im having people asking me to make them one. I was fortunate to have found a couple of bottles of old india ink at an estate sale and got it for next to nothing. I layer thin beeswax on the horn, then scribe the pattern through the beeswax and daub the india ink into it. After drying,  id remove the wax, leaving behind the scrimshaw work

I’m going to try making one, I was just on eBay looking a completed horns and saw the price 😳 so I’d like to make one. I’m also fairly confident I could pull off some scrimshaw work, i hope. Thanks for posting

Since nearly all authentic period horns are yellowed, has anyone provided an answer as to why they turned yellow/brown? Is it possible raw linseed oil was applied periodically in an effort to 'water-proof' them, linseed oil will, in time, oxidize to a yellow/brown, especially, after 200 years. Any thoughts? ( I've constructed a half dozen horns and a 'rum horn' over the years)

Mind boggling skills and talents... Thank you for sharing, God bless

I was under the impression that they scraped the horn thin so you could see how much powder you had.....holding it to the sun light....rough when you run out during a battle....!!!!

What kind and color dye did you use?

I HAVE BEEN BUILDING POWDER HORNS FOR YEARS. LIKE YOU I HAD A HABIT OF GIVING THEM AWAY TO GOOD FRIENDS. KEN

I have a nice original 1700's looking powder horn. It has a metal staple in the wood plug end. I think I paid around $20 for it many years ago. It has no scrimshaw on it. It has a small hole in the large end. Maybe a worm hole? I'm not sure the best way to plug it. Maybe just leave it alone.

It would be nice to see more of the work not just a very very short example and then seeing the finished part you were working on maybe it’s just me but I think it would make the videos soooo much better

This is so awesome to see. I just ordered a custom made skrimshawed hornnfrom trackmof the wolf for around 245 dollars and mannit is gorgeous. A beautiful wood buttplate with iron nail, beautiful wooden pegs and brown patina with a beautiful engravong around the horn under the buttplug and then on one side it has we the people engraved and on another aide its got the federal eagle with arrows in his talons. It really is a beautiful piece and quite good for my first horn even though i don't have a comparison!

I attached it with a ling i bought and on the ends of the adjustable sling are 2 brass rings with deer straps attached and i have those wrapped around the horn which fits me just perfect. The only thing im worried about is when taking it off the possibility of the brass eings smacking on the horn and cracking it but im not sure if this is an issue or not. I might take some small leather wrap and just cover them enough so if it hits its peotected but when wearing it its perfecrlt comforatable.