make your own!!!??

[vangunsmith]

Here is a powder horn and ball st
ater i made.

[vangunsmith]

[Huntress]

Great job!
What kind of antler is the starter made out of? Deer? Elk?

[THE GOB-FATHER]

Sweet!

[bigskyscott]

Nice! How do you bore out or ream out the solid end of the horn? I have a friend who wants me to make him a powder horn using a large horn that has a lot of curve at the solid end. I've been trying to come up with a way to bore it out following the curve, but, I'm drawing a "blank". I have a dremel which is good to use to a certain point. Thought about burning it out using a red-hot rod bent with the same curve as the horn. Will that work?Its a really nice , large horn and I don't want to mess it up.
Any ideas would be helpful.

[Mobe]

Great looking horn!
If you wish to burn the horn out I would suggest going outside to do so. It smells awful.
Please someone tell how you get it opened up as I would like to make one but cannot figure out how to follow the curve of the horn either.

[vangunsmith]

To huntress,and bigsky scott; The horn is deer horn on this ball starter,and to drill in a cow horn,one first sand the end off and the growth rings usually will be in the center,and i eye ball it with a hand drill and small bit around 1/8 and then drill up to the size i want and the horn will allow. hope i helped. vangunsmith

[redneckcrazy1]

great job looks good

[BackWoods]

Nice craftsmanship...Looks great