Horn with Scrimshaw Map of Virginia, 1753

His Horn, 1753

Horns of this design were created to show one's travels into the New Land, or Western Frontier. This map shows the movement from the Atlantic Ocean into Virginia's Chesapeake Bay and tidal rivers, West, South-West, across the Blue Ridge Mountains, and finally stopping past the New River into the contested Indian Territory of what would later become Kentucky and Ohio.

Colonial Accoutrements

Colonial Accoutrements.



Tomahawk belt and hunting pouch shown with dressed deer hide and camp chair.


Colonial Fowler Musket(left) & Civil War Enfield Rifle


Dressed Deer Hide


Open Camp Chair



Camp Chair, closed

Powder Horns

Powder Horns from raw Bull horns.

These horns started as raw bull horns and were worked to the various designs shown. A finished horn has many uses, not limited to blackpowder. The top two are for blackpowder flint locks, the bottom two for carrying water.



Raw Bull Horns


Water Flask


Powder Horn with Scrimshaw design



Bull Horns, before and after

Deer Hide "Brain Tanning"

Natural "brain" tan Deer Hide, before (left) and after (right).

This photo demonstrates the before and after of "smoking" a hide, the final step needed to make the hide ready for use. Smoking not only tans the hide, it also protects the hide fiber against water allowing it to be washed over and over again. For a great source, check out http://braintan.com/. I highly recommend Matt Richards' "Deerskins to Buckskins", both volumes.