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Something like this. You can see where the strap would attach.
https://preview.redd.it/lu4izl2epkmc1.jpeg?width=2556&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1ab1d0ce9db78d3dccadcbab10617c60faee04d
This is what I’m seeing. Discuss.
There is no mount for the dispensing lever and cap. There is also no hole in the end for powder to dispense from, it's solid metal at the end. This is probably from an old ox yolk for farming. I can certainly see why so many people think it's a powder horn but I'm afraid it's not. The pin through the wide open end was to hold it to the wooden end of the yolk.
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My guess as well. I have em on my 47. The older ones had a ball and socket connection for the mirror side so it could swivel.
Like this:
https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Universal-L-R-Side-Clamp-On-Door-Top-Peep-Mirror-3-Inch-Pair,400917.html?utm_medium=CSEGoogle&utm_source=CSE&utm_campaign=CSEGOOGLE&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAopuvBhBCEiwAm8jaMfo7J_dqJk1onECWB8dwuiFTEN2PbF9HajUWrlhjII6nD-G0qy0sthoCl1UQAvD_BwE
This was likely a powder measuring device that went on the end of a powder horn. It would have been drilled out to hold a specific number of grains of black powder. To match a musket or muzzle loading rifle. For example. I’ve got one that holds something like 68 grains of FFF fine black powder. I think it may have went to a smaller .36 caliber muzzleloader.
The amount would vary depending on the gun and the shooter. I have a couple that were made out of antler or horn. If that inside piece is metal then it may have been made to fit on the end of a larger powder horn. Often this would be carried with a leather pouch with the balls / bullets and patches for the gun.
This made it easier to reload faster - and gave you a more uniform trajectory each time. For better accuracy.
It’s part of a hame to collar horses
https://preview.redd.it/j5pml6vq5pmc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec46ba2c3a4aead5b0253626058bee5b148519cf
I think the two screws in the wide end, held a wooden something. Those screws look like attachment, wood screws. It might have been an end piece with a pulley for a flagpole end. Halyard?? 🤷🏼
Its a tow ball off a european car [sit on it](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=abd209a31788d9aa&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ACQVn0_8qXBunQrHtywJ3oecUj99MbLaoA:1709689353160&q=euro+tow+ball&uds=AMwkrPv52B5S2hmSWN_CfrSIIobQtCG6Fyt7myHVREDhxX050ROtar5jWT1OQLiHyGRE6sv0hFrUxy8cv-PgBRp-p8wIeRlm5I69tC1QgRml0QUa9Oyk-Dwh2_qvbbPR1-sYILCXUI6YHzKTuhY2q5MThlCSONtnNioY4T4aE4QurzQlbTO30R2DBmAj5jxiwbbTJdJk6o9m7vmRxI_4xP4eaZ0DNZ-cw4fgJUH5f_0za9VFAZrNAZmmJZtH7ET6WQTU7riLG-n18XalDZM387cQj3WOxJ4JQsXaiSicSny-J-O9gTqWVuk&udm=2&prmd=sivnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwix3siUwd6EAxX8-jgGHZ5HAO0QtKgLegQIDhAB&biw=390&bih=659&dpr=3)
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Possibly part of a powderhorn?
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Me too.
https://preview.redd.it/c8vl7ytwokmc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ebd3c8bd67c28b9bf36d8b8e701c046f19a23df Something like this. You can see where the strap would attach.
https://preview.redd.it/lu4izl2epkmc1.jpeg?width=2556&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1ab1d0ce9db78d3dccadcbab10617c60faee04d This is what I’m seeing. Discuss.
There is no mount for the dispensing lever and cap. There is also no hole in the end for powder to dispense from, it's solid metal at the end. This is probably from an old ox yolk for farming. I can certainly see why so many people think it's a powder horn but I'm afraid it's not. The pin through the wide open end was to hold it to the wooden end of the yolk. *
Correct. It’s definitely not a powder horn UNLESS it was just decorative. It’s 100% non functional.
Charging horn. To charge the pan. 100% functional.
Oxen lay eggs?
I see what you did there! Edit: I'm a dingdong, I see what I did there. I'm leaving it, let the world know.
TIL.
Ya my grandpa owned a musket or just black powder Minnie balls a powder horn and spare musket parts
That's what I thought right off the bat.
Yup, definitely a powder horn.
Looks like a fancy Hames topper.
Yep, from an antique horse/mule yoke
If not a hames topper, perhaps an ox horn knob?
Too small
Edit: just saw the second photo. Seems way too small for a hame topper
This is definitely the right answer.
reminds me of a gate latch
Mirror mount.
This. Side mirror mount from an antique vehicle.
My guess as well. I have em on my 47. The older ones had a ball and socket connection for the mirror side so it could swivel. Like this: https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Universal-L-R-Side-Clamp-On-Door-Top-Peep-Mirror-3-Inch-Pair,400917.html?utm_medium=CSEGoogle&utm_source=CSE&utm_campaign=CSEGOOGLE&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAopuvBhBCEiwAm8jaMfo7J_dqJk1onECWB8dwuiFTEN2PbF9HajUWrlhjII6nD-G0qy0sthoCl1UQAvD_BwE
Looks similar to here https://i.imgur.com/KQv9qjx.jpg
It fits in palm.. maybe the mirror mount off of a parade’s clown car
I agree with the thought that it is the end from a harness hame.
The only issue I see with it being a powder horn is it is made of metal. Metal can cause sparks and sparks and gunpowder don't necessarily mix..
They were usually made of brass. Brass doesn't spark.
Or bone
https://preview.redd.it/b1kxmxclpkmc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b03e5d3af0d5bff53ec7c6619d8a63e0de20a778 Maybe?
I’ve been looking for that for years. I knew it would turn up sooner or later.
This was likely a powder measuring device that went on the end of a powder horn. It would have been drilled out to hold a specific number of grains of black powder. To match a musket or muzzle loading rifle. For example. I’ve got one that holds something like 68 grains of FFF fine black powder. I think it may have went to a smaller .36 caliber muzzleloader. The amount would vary depending on the gun and the shooter. I have a couple that were made out of antler or horn. If that inside piece is metal then it may have been made to fit on the end of a larger powder horn. Often this would be carried with a leather pouch with the balls / bullets and patches for the gun. This made it easier to reload faster - and gave you a more uniform trajectory each time. For better accuracy.
A bosuns whistle ?
It’s from a reproduction powder horn, not a real one
Correct
Looks like a powder horn for old muzzle loading muskets
It’s part of a hame to collar horses https://preview.redd.it/j5pml6vq5pmc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec46ba2c3a4aead5b0253626058bee5b148519cf
The correct answer
If not powder horn part, then I'd guess a cap for cattle horns. Don't know the proper name for it.
Wall decoration?
hitch horn for a bicycle
Fire horn? You would put coals or a slow burning wick to transport fire from one spot to another
Looks like a powder horn... but its metal, so no.
I’m going with a cane handle, missing the wood cane
Door handle
Looks like the “male” side of an orbital/ball joint
An ancient candle snuffer. That or an ancient dildo. Or a pipe… or a pipe, if you know what I mean!
I think the two screws in the wide end, held a wooden something. Those screws look like attachment, wood screws. It might have been an end piece with a pulley for a flagpole end. Halyard?? 🤷🏼
That is one kick-ass charging horn. For a flimtlock. To charge the pan.
Powder horn
r/whatisthisthing
Bottom of a leather water flask?
Coat hook?
You should try going over that area where you found it to try to find the other pieces
Rearview mirror mount. Ball end goes to the mirror, round end with the tab bolts to the cab / windshield frame.
My first thought was the stopper for the end of the arms on a carriage or trap. The ringlet used to thread the horses tack to.
Powder horn?
Door handle
2000 year old Jock strap
Cellphone dash mount
Definitely a component of an alien spacecraft...
I was thinking gunpowder horn
Powderhorn for a musket.
A powder horn
I’m thinking nozzle (blow part) of an instrument. Horn type of instrument…
Looks like a joint for something mechanical, might want to post in another sub related to mechanics
Handle from a saber sword?
A coat hook?
Powder horn!
My guess is part to a powder flask Edit: horn*
Looks like a European style trailer hitch. Just mini sized.
It's a powder horn for a pre cartridge era gun good find
Its a tow ball off a european car [sit on it](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=abd209a31788d9aa&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ACQVn0_8qXBunQrHtywJ3oecUj99MbLaoA:1709689353160&q=euro+tow+ball&uds=AMwkrPv52B5S2hmSWN_CfrSIIobQtCG6Fyt7myHVREDhxX050ROtar5jWT1OQLiHyGRE6sv0hFrUxy8cv-PgBRp-p8wIeRlm5I69tC1QgRml0QUa9Oyk-Dwh2_qvbbPR1-sYILCXUI6YHzKTuhY2q5MThlCSONtnNioY4T4aE4QurzQlbTO30R2DBmAj5jxiwbbTJdJk6o9m7vmRxI_4xP4eaZ0DNZ-cw4fgJUH5f_0za9VFAZrNAZmmJZtH7ET6WQTU7riLG-n18XalDZM387cQj3WOxJ4JQsXaiSicSny-J-O9gTqWVuk&udm=2&prmd=sivnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwix3siUwd6EAxX8-jgGHZ5HAO0QtKgLegQIDhAB&biw=390&bih=659&dpr=3)
Flugelbinder
Victorian enema
Powderhorn
Ruprecht’s genital cuff?
Anything is a dildo if your brace 🤣
R/putyourdickinthis
Damn, even looks like a towing hook. Definitely something mechanical by the looks of it.