I know, I know, not a every day Bushcraft item these days, regrettably, but nevertheless a very traditional craft, working with wood, leather, horn, metal.
So, here are a few pictures of what I have done so far. I have rounded the end of the horn and flattened it. To achieve a nice round end, I made a soft wood, cone plug to round the horn with, and the careful use of a heat gun; I say careful because I didn't want to burn the horn itself. As it is, the plug got a bit singed!
It is a fairly small horn I am using, so, to give the horn a bit more storage space for the powder, I am decided to make a hollowed domed "butt plug", which will add a couple of inches in length to the horn. Overall it's going to be about 12" long.
I am keeping the horn on the cone until I have cleaned it up and fitted the butt plug, as I am not sure if the horn would revert to its original shape unsupported.
I finished the domed plug on the lather this afternoon. Here are some pictures of it.
Next step will be cutting the end off, drilling the pouring hole and scrapping the horn clean and reasonably smooth.
So, here are a few pictures of what I have done so far. I have rounded the end of the horn and flattened it. To achieve a nice round end, I made a soft wood, cone plug to round the horn with, and the careful use of a heat gun; I say careful because I didn't want to burn the horn itself. As it is, the plug got a bit singed!
It is a fairly small horn I am using, so, to give the horn a bit more storage space for the powder, I am decided to make a hollowed domed "butt plug", which will add a couple of inches in length to the horn. Overall it's going to be about 12" long.
I am keeping the horn on the cone until I have cleaned it up and fitted the butt plug, as I am not sure if the horn would revert to its original shape unsupported.
I finished the domed plug on the lather this afternoon. Here are some pictures of it.
Next step will be cutting the end off, drilling the pouring hole and scrapping the horn clean and reasonably smooth.
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