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Cracked Powder Horn

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piotr-cz:
Horn had two cracks, which tied with copper wire, making a whole to become an interesting look
cow horn, wood, copper nails, copper wire
length of the curve 24 cm

rollingb:
Good repair,..... well done.  

Buzzard:
Is that hide badger? Very nice "repair" on the horn.

Old-Mark:
I'm new at this so forgive the question if it id dumb.  Looking at the repair, wouldn't where the staples enter, wouldn't that allow air to get to the powder?

Fletcher:
It would seem that the crack and staples would let in moisture over time - especially in a humid climate.

I think I would have been more inclined to patch with a clear epoxy and try to sand and stain so it would
show as little as possible.  If you only hold powder for a day trip then put back in the can it probably will not matter.
It is hard to have a good old piece of equipment start to give out on you and you always want to do what you can to
preserve it.

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