Accouterments
Early Virginia Shot Pouch & Powder Horn
Shown here is my personal rig consisting of an early Virginia shot pouch and a Virginia banded, screw-tip powder horn. Most of the shot pouches made these days are relatively complicated affairs using designs from the early to middle 19th … Continue reading
Posted in Completed Projects, Contemporary, Pouches, Powder Horns
Tagged accouterments, colonial, contemporary, crafts, early, powder horn, shot pouch, virginia
Southern Heart Shaped Shot Pouches
The southern heart shaped shot pouches shown on this page were copied from pages 18-19 of Jim Webb’s Sketches of Hunting Pouches, Powder Horns, and Accoutrements of Southern Appalachia. I made the shot pouches exactly as shown, approximately 7.5″wide x … Continue reading
Posted in Completed Projects, Contemporary, Pouches, Powder Horns
Tagged accouterments, contemporary, crafts, leather, pine, powder horn, shot pouch, turned, virginia, walnut
Tin Measure Set
This is a measure set that I created for Bag #12. It consists of a tin-plated steel powder measure, brush and pick. The brush is horse hair with a tin ferrule and the pick is made of music wire. Three … Continue reading
Posted in Measures/Brushes/Picks
Tagged accouterments, chain, contemporary, horse hair, longrifle, pan brush, powder measure, tin, vent pick
Leather Flap Haversack
I wanted a period correct (mostly) bag for my annual shopping trip to Dixons. Inspired by Jeff Bibb, I made the haversack below from a commercially available, but unusable, raw linen haversack with a standard linen flap and strap. I … Continue reading
Posted in Completed Projects, Haversacks
Tagged 18th Century, accouterments, haversack, leather, linen, Revolutionary War
Carved Horn Measure Sets
Shown here are a couple of measure sets with the measures carved from the tips of cow horns. They have been extensively carved with multiple bands. The picks were made from music wire and ground in a triangular shape on … Continue reading
Posted in Completed Projects, Measures/Brushes/Picks
Tagged accouterments, chain, contemporary, horn, longrifle, pan brush, powder measure, vent pick
Late Colonial Powder Horn
This powder horn was made from a raw horn in a late colonial style. I scraped it down, carved and filed the spout in the traditional manner. The plain domed base plug was carved from pine and held in place … Continue reading
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Tagged accouterments, contemporary, crafts, powder horn, virginia
Virginia, Banded, Screw-tip Powder Horns
Screw-tip powder horns, as the name implies, have turned horn, antler, or bone tips that screw onto or into the powder horn body. Screw-tip powder horns were made as early as the French and Indian War in Philadelphia and spread … Continue reading
Posted in Completed Projects, Contemporary, Powder Horns
Tagged accouterments, base plug, contemporary, crafts, curly maple, horn, powder horn, screw tip. banded, turned, valley of Virignia, virginia, walnut
Plain Southern Powder Horns
The vast majority of original powder horns were as plain as they could be and still be functional. That means a flat pine (or other softwood) base plug and little or no carving of the throat; just enough work to … Continue reading
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Tagged accouterments, contemporary, crafts, horn, leather, pine, plain, powder horn, shot pouch, southern, virginia, walnut
