This Virginia inspired powder horn has an applied Axis deer antler tip and turned black walnut base plug and stopper. The base plug has an acorn finial which was common on Virginia powder horns. The horn is technically a left hand horn, but is so straight it could be easily carried either way. It was […]
Read More… from Acorn Finial, Applied-tip Powder Horn #41 with Color Fraktur
This is a Virginia inspired, banded, applied-tip powder horn. It is a left hand horn that may be worn on either side. The tip is Axis deer antler. The base plug and stopper are black walnut. The horn has been dyed with ferric nitrate and gently aged. The horn is […]
Read More… from Virginia Single Banded, Applied-tip Powder Horn #40
This is a powder horn that I have had on my build list a while and finally got around to doing it. It is a recreation of a horn shown on pages 334-335 of Jay Hopkin’s book Bone Tipped & Banded Horns. That horn was found in Virginia and the acorn is a Virginia motif. […]
The Face of God Fraktur I decided that I wanted to combine my fraktur (18th & 19th Century German-American folk art) work with my leather work in some way. Some sort of embroidery seemed the most sensible way to do it. So, I decided to create an original fraktur design hand embroidered on a canvas […]
Read More… from Fur Trade Era Hunting Pouch with Fraktur Embroidery Insert