Hunting Pouch by Roland Cadle with Powder Horn

 

Photography by Jan Riser.

Hunting Pouch and Powder Horn by Roland Cadle

 

Photography by Jan Riser.

Horn Skills Class at Village Restorations in Hollidaysburg, PA

Roland Cadle and Art DeCamp will be teaching the spring Horn Skills Class at Village Restorations in Hollidaysburg, PA next week on April 12 & 13, 2024.  We have five participants scheduled and the featured horn styles will be Early Philadelphia and 4th Generation York County screw-tip horns.

Heating and forming horn bodies to shape, turning the main horn body ends round and concentric and turning the horn screw tip and wood butt end, then filing, scraping and finishing the horn body will all be part of the skills learned during this two-day class.  In addition, the horn dyeing and coloring process will be demonstrated and performed.  Those in the class will be exposed to both outboard turning techniques and turning items on the wood lathe between centers.

Art made up one of each type horn this week to use as "demonstrators" at the class along with several other original horns that will be available for students to see, handle and use as they make their chosen style of horn.   Here is a photo of the Early Philadelphia horn he made on top and the 4th Generation York horn on the bottom.  Both were made from originals which he had "in-hand" on the bench while he was making them.

More information can be found here.

2004 CLA Live Auction Items: Powder Horns

Roland Cadle

Lee Larkin

Steve Lodding

John Proud

Mike Small

David Wright

Ron Ehlert

Photography by David Wright.

Powder Horn by Roland Cadle

Photographs supplied by Kim Robinson.

A Collection of Contemporary Artist

Bag maker and friend, Eric Fleisher stopped by this morning to pick up a new powder horn and he brought some "show-and-tell" along.  We put his things and some of mine out on the kitchen table and had a great time examining and talking about each of them.  Included in the photo are pieces by the following various artists: Eric Fleisher and Frank Willis (bags), Roland Cadle, John DeWald, John Proud and Art DeCamp (horns). Herschel House, Scott Somerville, and Mike Wheland (knives), Mark Wheland (buckle) and Paula Hoagland (woven straps).

Copy and photo supplied by Art DeCamp.

Powder Horn by Roland Cadle

Photographed at the 2014 Tennessee Kentucky Rifle Show by Jan Riser.

Historic 1763 One of One Thousand by the HCH

This year’s One of One Thousand powder horn is truly an historic representation. The horn with applied hornband was produced by Master Horner Art DeCamp of Huntingdon, PA, and is a faithful copy of a F&I period Philadelphia internal screw-tip horn.  Art’s recently published book, Pennsylvania “Horns of the Trade”, has an entire chapter of photographs of these significant early Pennsylvania powderhorns. The 18th century poly-chromed line engraving is typical of that on professional presentation horns of the period and was done by Master Horner Roland Cadle of Hollidaysburg, PA. The horn is dated 1763 incommemoration of the end of the French & Indian War, Pontiac’s Uprising,and the Battle of Bushy Run.  Included with the horn is a hand-woven carry strap by HCH member Kris Polizzi of Elizabethtown, PA.

Since this is the 250th anniversary of these three historic events, and since both Art and Roland turned 63 this year, could we combine their ages to consider this horn antiqueas well as authentic?

The Honourable Company of Horners, and its members Art DeCamp and Roland Cadle and Kris Polizzi arepleased to present this horn to the NMLRA for this year’s historic One of One Thousand horn.

For more information about the 1 of 1000 Endowment program, please contact  

National Muzzleloading Rifle Association

P.O. Box 67

Friendship, IN 47021

or call 812-667-5131 or on the web here.

Copy and photos supplied by Art DeCamp.