Traditional Muzzleloading Association

Craftsmanship => Accoutrements => Topic started by: RobD on May 13, 2025, 06:10:13 PM

Title: Major Coolness Horn
Post by: RobD on May 13, 2025, 06:10:13 PM

Not my horn or my scrimming (wish I could do half as good as this'n!) but what a beauty ...

Title: Re: Major Coolness Horn
Post by: Bigsmoke on May 13, 2025, 07:47:29 PM

Very nicely done.  Especially like the skeletal Brit.  Bravo!

Title: Re: Major Coolness Horn
Post by: rollingb on May 14, 2025, 02:33:36 AM

Dang that's nice!   :hairy  :applaud

Title: Re: Major Coolness Horn
Post by: Winter Hawk on May 14, 2025, 03:18:46 PM

Original woodcut by Benjamin Franklin in 1754:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_American_Revolution#/media/File:Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die.jpg

I wondered about the date being early for the Revolution, but that is when B.F. made it.

~Kees~

Title: Re: Major Coolness Horn
Post by: RobD on May 14, 2025, 03:23:09 PM

A lot was stirring in the colonies just before and during the Seven Years War (F&I).