vangunsmith
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Post by vangunsmith on Sept 26, 2005 20:30:21 GMT -5
If you would like to buy a powderhorn with schrimshaw already done for only a few bucks go to www.twinottertrading.com vangunsmith
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levergun
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Post by levergun on Sept 27, 2005 10:22:35 GMT -5
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Post by Mobe on Oct 29, 2005 14:55:57 GMT -5
nice lookin horn
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Post by olkoot on Oct 29, 2005 19:39:19 GMT -5
WOW, I completely forgot about my post .....I'm glad its gotten some exposure, but you guys have done some great work, and the referal to those two sites are terrific too......thanks, I'm sort of rekindling the idea that I may have some talent after all.........well winters almost here in thre northeast, which means about two more montsh of hunting then waiting for spring turkey....so thats when things get slow, and I get antsy.......so here can be a couple of winter projects.....
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homelessjoe
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Post by homelessjoe on Nov 4, 2005 7:20:34 GMT -5
Here's a powder horn I made. jOe
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Post by mrjbigfoot on Nov 4, 2005 7:58:27 GMT -5
That's a Sweet looking horn & old shotgun Joe. Is that shotgun a mantle piece only? Looks like it's got damascus barrels.
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Scott Kirsch
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Post by Scott Kirsch on Nov 4, 2005 9:07:07 GMT -5
Here's a powder horn I made. jOe jOe - Very nice powder horn indeed. Was the engraving (schrimshaw? I'm not up on that terminology) performed by hand or machine? I'm assuming you used hand tools (I have never engraved nuttin' ) What kind of horn (species of animal) is that? -slOOpy pOOpy
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homelessjoe
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Post by homelessjoe on Nov 4, 2005 11:34:27 GMT -5
The shotgun is a great shooter it's a Damasscus barreled 13 guage William Powell with perfect bores it was built in England about 1840. I play around dove hunting and squirrel hunting with it it's a 30 to 35 yard gun. I've never turkey hunted with it....I finally got it back from having the barrels re-browned then during dove season this year the head of one of the hammer screws snapped off. Thank goodness I have a good gunsmith in Memphis. I've got a 9 guage W.C. Scott he's working on for me now. I hope he gets it fixed before too long.
The horns just a raw cow horn I bought from Tandy leather. The end cap and beads I made out of Elephant Ivory. The white turkey spur I carved from a piece of wOOly Mammoth Ivory (I killed in Mississippi). The scrimshaw is just scratched on and inked with indian ink. I doubt I ever use the powder horn it's alittle too flashy but you never know. jOe
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Post by homelessjoe on Nov 5, 2005 18:05:20 GMT -5
Here's some closer pictures of the gun without the nipples. I bought it about 10 years ago at a famous Tennesee gun store "Dunns" in Grand Juction for $700.00. It belonged to the second owner of Dunns. I sold it several years back...regreted it and was able to get it back. Last time my buddy Nitro came down to visit he brought several different plastic wads and we found one that fits the barrel like a glove....so it's kinda been Nitro-siZed. jOe
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Post by mrjbigfoot on Nov 5, 2005 18:14:35 GMT -5
Wow Joe, that's a sweet looking piece of history man! I bet it packs a few pounds of weight to. That'll just keep going up & up in value as time goes on and I'm sure it will be worth hanging on to!
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Post by homelessjoe on Nov 5, 2005 19:00:46 GMT -5
I didn't buy it as an investment I bought it to shoot. I'm not a collector of anything....eXcept dead bodies. I doubt it weighs much over 6 pounds and swings like a feather. jOe
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Post by mrjbigfoot on Nov 5, 2005 19:14:15 GMT -5
Wow, that's really light! It looked like it had pretty long barrels, I was guessing it was up in the 8 lb class. Any way you look at it, it's a sweet looking gun! I hear ya on the collecting dead bodies. I don't own any collectors pieces with the exception of my grandpa's WW1 45 revolver, the only pistol I have & it aint worth much. All my long guns are meat guns for killing stuff.
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Post by ncturkey on Nov 11, 2005 7:39:43 GMT -5
I have made 6 wingbones at this time.One thing to remember is that the fresher the bone the easer it is to get the marrow webbing out.What I mean is that right after you kill that turkey you need to deflesh the wingbones,cut of the joints,boil them,and then clean the webbing out right then.If you do it this way it is the easyest.The longer you wait to clean up the bones the harder the webbing is to get out.Look at all the great wingbone makers out there.Their bones are very clean inside and out.Some are polished too.I have had the best luck with the freshest turkey wingbones.But if you are have a hard time you can use a dremal tool to sand out some of the webbing.I was running low on wingbones.So I used a wingbone that had not been boil freshly so I used to dermal tool to clean out the webbing and it worked good but it took some time.Hear is one I made for tphunter. Thanks,Mike
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