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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 73641, member: 44"]Thanks for your reply, Komo. I also thought the smaller pouch a bit odd, but then I'm not up on this type of gear/accoutrements.</p><p><br /></p><p>> The horns don't look as old to me.</p><p>I'd like them better if the backs were rounded, sealed with old nails, and had a ring for a lanyard.<</p><p><br /></p><p>No doubt you're right. The horns may have been made by my great grandfather as a teenager or young man while the flask and pouches may have been his Dad's? The smaller horn still has black powder as seen in a corroded hole. Several years ago DH scraped some of the powder out and lite a match to it. It still burned, sparked, or whatever. The ends have small nails keeping the wood circles/rounds/plugs in. I don't know how old the small nails might be. When you say "if the backs were rounded," do you mean the ends? The ends are round with plugs of wood. Have included a close-up of the hole showing the black powder and a close-up of one of the nails in the larger horn. BTW, the cord/string on the horns was probably a later addition used to hang the horns on a wall along with the pouches and flask as I have them displayed now. I have them all hanging from a musket on the den wall.</p><p><br /></p><p>>...nice to see you posting something of your own...You've helped so many others<</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, Fig; however, you have helped many more than me. I don't know what we all would do without your expertise on photography, fashions, etc...</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>Smaller horn:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]19050[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]19052[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Larger horn showing one of the nails:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]19051[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 73641, member: 44"]Thanks for your reply, Komo. I also thought the smaller pouch a bit odd, but then I'm not up on this type of gear/accoutrements. > The horns don't look as old to me. I'd like them better if the backs were rounded, sealed with old nails, and had a ring for a lanyard.< No doubt you're right. The horns may have been made by my great grandfather as a teenager or young man while the flask and pouches may have been his Dad's? The smaller horn still has black powder as seen in a corroded hole. Several years ago DH scraped some of the powder out and lite a match to it. It still burned, sparked, or whatever. The ends have small nails keeping the wood circles/rounds/plugs in. I don't know how old the small nails might be. When you say "if the backs were rounded," do you mean the ends? The ends are round with plugs of wood. Have included a close-up of the hole showing the black powder and a close-up of one of the nails in the larger horn. BTW, the cord/string on the horns was probably a later addition used to hang the horns on a wall along with the pouches and flask as I have them displayed now. I have them all hanging from a musket on the den wall. >...nice to see you posting something of your own...You've helped so many others< Thank you, Fig; however, you have helped many more than me. I don't know what we all would do without your expertise on photography, fashions, etc... --- Susan Smaller horn: [ATTACH=full]19050[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]19052[/ATTACH] Larger horn showing one of the nails: [ATTACH=full]19051[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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