Antique Powder Horn. Is it real?

cloud8a · June 13, 2009, 02:57 PM

This is on Ebay. Do you guys think it is really that old or a fake?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-POWDER-H...3%3A1|294%3A50

Hawg · June 13, 2009, 03:43 PM

Methinks it's old but not that old. I think if it had been in a barn for very many years it would be more bug eaten and mouse gnawed. Re-enactors and horn makers routinely carve dates, etc in horns to give a more realistic look to their portrayal. The fact that nobody's bidding on it ought to tell you something. Real antique horns and good fakes usually bring over 100 bucks even for not so good specimens.

**4V50 Gary** · June 13, 2009, 04:47 PM

I don't think it's real either.

madcratebuilder · June 13, 2009, 11:23 PM

The metal ring on the big end looks rather new. Most old ones I have seen use brass or iron square nails, not round head tacks.

w_houle · June 13, 2009, 11:29 PM

Umm... I don't think they would apreciate if I said what i think is scratched in(or what someone attempted to scratch out) to the side, but any way you look at it; I wouldn't take that as a gift:barf:

SamStafford · June 13, 2009, 11:32 PM

You really have to be careful about buying on e-bay. A lot of people lie to make big bucks on items. I have been burned on a few items on e-bay. Just my 2 cents.

June 13, 2009, 02:57 PM	#1
cloud8a Senior Member Join Date: April 27, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 399	Antique Powder Horn. Is it real? This is on Ebay. Do you guys think it is really that old or a fake? http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-POWDER-H...3%3A1\|294%3A50

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4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,829	I don't think it's real either. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

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w_houle Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,391	Umm... I don't think they would apreciate if I said what i think is scratched in(or what someone attempted to scratch out) to the side, but any way you look at it; I wouldn't take that as a gift:barf: __________________ How could you have a slogan like "freedom is slavery" when the concept of freedom has been abolished?

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June 13, 2009, 03:43 PM	#2
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	Methinks it's old but not that old. I think if it had been in a barn for very many years it would be more bug eaten and mouse gnawed. Re-enactors and horn makers routinely carve dates, etc in horns to give a more realistic look to their portrayal. The fact that nobody's bidding on it ought to tell you something. Real antique horns and good fakes usually bring over 100 bucks even for not so good specimens.

June 13, 2009, 11:23 PM	#4
madcratebuilder Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2007 Location: Northern Orygun Posts: 4,923	The metal ring on the big end looks rather new. Most old ones I have seen use brass or iron square nails, not round head tacks.

June 13, 2009, 11:32 PM	#6
SamStafford Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2009 Location: Portageville, MO. 63873 Posts: 162	You really have to be careful about buying on e-bay. A lot of people lie to make big bucks on items. I have been burned on a few items on e-bay. Just my 2 cents.