The Faberge of folk art powder horns.

mtgraver · Jul 26, 2015

The final view of an ongoing project, I have no clue what took me so long! A powder horn fashioned in an 18th c. style depicting the life of a friend. The lid on the turned walnut butt end is a piece of translucent cow horn. The little Schnauzer dogs are carved in Basswood. The black tip is applied to a natural dyed horn with an ebony stopper, all sterling silver with the exception of the dogs dancing on a gold plated field. The horn body was engraved with a small knife and a burin, the other pieces were done using a PC. Enjoy!

Dulltool · Jul 26, 2015

First class job..... :thumbsup:

Andrew Biggs · Jul 27, 2015

Love it!!!

Cheers
Andrew

dogcatcher · Jul 27, 2015

Absolutely amazing!!!

JJ Roberts · Jul 27, 2015

Mark,Beautiful powder horn,keep up the good work. :thumbsup:

J.J.

Crazy Horse · Jul 27, 2015

Simply spectacular Marc. It reminds me of some of the original horns I saw at Valley Forge many years ago. They no longer are on display, but Philadelphia is currently in the process of building a Revolutionary war museum in the down town area. I believe it will open sometime in 2017 and should hold many wonderful artifacts from that era.

Cloudy · Jul 27, 2015

Fabulous, Mark!

don hicks · Jul 27, 2015

Beautiful !!! I for one can see what took you so long. Like the dogs, you would never know they were made of basswood. Thanks for posting.
Cheers
Don

DAK4442 · Jul 27, 2015

Knocked out of the park! Dan

thughes · Jul 27, 2015

WOW Mark, that is off the scale! I bet it's even more impressive in hand, Thanks for showing.

Todd

FANCYGUN · Jul 27, 2015

Great looking horn. Gives me the urge to take out my flintlock and make some smoke. :tiphat:

Christian DeCamillis · Jul 27, 2015

Very Nice! I hope you bring it to the CLA. I would love to see it in person. I have taken three powder Horn Classes with Art DeCamp. I am signed up for another this fall. I like working with horn it's a remarkable material.

Your Powder Horn is inspiring to me. I wish I had more time to devote to working on them.

Great Job!!!

Chris

monk · Jul 27, 2015

i'm going to time- travel back a couple centuries. i'd like to take that with me. that is surely the most elaborate horn i have ever seen.

mtgraver · Jul 27, 2015

Thank you everyone.
Chris, I plan on having it at the CLA show so please stop by and have a gander.
Mark

Mike Fennell · Jul 27, 2015

Smokin'! .

tim halloran · Jul 27, 2015

Mark: Very nice looking work, keep it up. Nice meeting you in Tennessee, hope we cross paths again someday.

gcleaker · Jul 27, 2015

you have done a great job. Time is an irrelevant thing when you are doing something you love.

mtgraver · Jul 27, 2015

Thanks for the kindness everyone.
Tim, it was a pleasure to meet you as well at the Engrave In, this is the project that I had in pieces at Scott's, not sure if you saw it in process.
Mark

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