2018 Member’s Only Summer Raffle and Silent Auction During The Gunmakers Fair at Dixon’s

 We had two happy winners at the end of our fundraising events last month. Past Guildmaster, Master Horner Ed Long won the “members only” raffle and took home the beautiful knife made by Past Guildmaster Tom Ames and Guildmaster-elect, Master Horner John DeWald.

The silent auction of the donated bag and horn set by late Guild member, Robert Coffey went to Journeyman Horner Clint Byers. It becomes a really heart-warming story when you learn of all of the connections between Clint and Robert. I could think of no one better to win that auction!
– Kris Polizzi (August 18, 2018)

2018 “Members Only” Summer Raffle
This summer, we have a most amazing item that will be raffled off at the Summer Reception! This beautiful and creative knife was the result of teamwork between two of our most involved members, Past Guildmaster Tom Ames and Guildmaster-elect John DeWald. Tom’s contribution was making the blade & sheath.  The custom sheath is genuine

brain tanned/smoked moose hide. The handle was turned from a moose antler tine and then the Tammany heads were hand carved into each side of the handle by John. Once done the handle was dyed and aged the same way John does to all of his horns. Tickets will be on sale at the Guild table at Dixon’s and at the Summer Reception. Don’t worry, if you can’t make the summer reception, you do not have to attend. (This raffle has passed. Winner Ed Long.)
 

Silent Auction
Before his passing, greatly missed HCH member Robert Coffey left two bag and horn sets to the Guild, to use for fundraising purposes. Being able to determine the best way to do so, we thought fitting to allow the public at The Gunmakers Fair at Dixon’s the opportunity to bid on the items, as Robert was so well known at that venue. Last year we auctioned off the first set, Robert’s personal hunting set, a bag of his own making and an original horn. This year we will be offering the remaining set, one that Robert made himself, which won blue ribbon honors at Dixon’s. The set will be on display at the Guild’s table for the weekend, with the bidding opening on Thursday evening and running until 4pm on Saturday afternoon. (This auction has passed. Winner Clinton Byers.)

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kris Polizzi at polizzifam@netzero.net.

2018 HCH Annual Meeting Auction – A Success!

This is an update on the 2018 HCH Annual Meeting Action. It has been held and it was successful.

Kris Polizzi, Fundraising Committee Chair

I am very pleased to announce the items for the 2018 HCH Annual Meeting Auction are donated by dedicated members of the West Coast Horn and Accouterment Fair.
The second and live portion of the auction will be at the banquet on Saturday, March 3, 2018 during the annual meeting. If you are unable to attend, you can put in a pre-auction bid at the bottom of the page.  (We do not have the means to offer online bidding during the banquet portion of the auction.) And yes!, people have won using the online form below.

From Friend of the Guild, Steve Skillman (Yelm, WA), we have two sets of sewing and weaving related items. The first set is sewing items including an Etui (needle case) including a horn needle, a pincushion, and a tortoise button box. The second set made by Steve Skillman is made up from weaving items including a lucet and a shuttle. Also included in each set is a ring holder – just for the fun of it. Every item is made of horn and is beautifully done.

From Freeman Horner Dave Rase (Bremerton, WA) comes a fun “what if ?” item. It’s a 10 to 70 grain adjustable powder measure that is meant to appear as the result of re-purposing a screw tip from a lost or broken Philadelphia screw tipped horn. The tip is turned from a single piece of horn. The adjustment rod and furniture pull finial are hand made from brass round stock with a steel lanyard loop. An internal leather washer is used to keep the measure from moving after setting the size of the charge to be thrown. The markings on the 3/16” diameter adjustment shaft are set in 10g increments.

 

 

Journeyman Horner Scott Morrison (Keizer, OR) has made a horn with Virginia elements. The applied tip is turned from American Bison (Buffalo) and secured to the horn with wood pegs. The finial is threaded with the top piece turned from bison and the bottom threaded portion hickory. The butt is turned walnut and secured to the horn with iron tacks.

Next we have a beautiful French & Indian War horn by Freeman Kevin Hart (Hillsboro, OR). The horn is roughly 14 inches in length with an engrailed edge followed by a 2 1/4 inch throat and short turned deer antler tip & peg. The carvings and inscriptions are cut at different depths to show dimension and include plants and flowers along top and bottom borders, various birds sitting on bushes, a large compass and the Sun and Moon. The inscriptions read as follows:
I Powder with My Brother Ball, A Hero Like, Do Conquer All / dated 1769 / has an area for the owner’s name and His Horn.

And last, but certainly not least, is a horn by beloved friend and strong supporter of the Guild, Journeyman Horner Glenn Sutt, who passed away in February 2017, and is greatly missed. Glenn had been very excited about this auction and was happy to participate. Since Glenn is not here to give a description of this horn, I’ve asked his friend, fellow horner and Tansel expert Art DeCamp for details.

“The horn itself was made by Glenn and is a careful replication of Tim Tansel type work, including Glenn’s use of specific construction details used by Tim Tansel. The spout end is shaped in typical Tansel fashion with a rounded bead at the very end and a raised ring about 1-1/2” back on the throat of the horn for strap retention. The cherry wood butt was copied from an original Tim Tansel horn owned by Glenn. Its lathe-turned domed shape with incised carved decoration is typical of several known horns. In addition, Glenn used copper to fabricate the round ring for strap attachment, and the staple that holds the ring in the butt end of the horn, just as Tim Tansel did on Glenn’s original.”

This horn is graced by a beautiful beaded strap by Gary Bertelsen. Our thanks to Glenn’s family, for graciously allowing us to have this horn for our auction. The auction will run similarly to last year’s with the live auction held at the banquet Saturday night. If you are unable to attend the meeting and would like to bid on an item, look at the bottom.
Personally, I am very excited by this new focus on small groups within the Guild- it’s all about connection! If your group would like to participate or have any questions, please feel free to contact me at polizzifam@netzero.net. And don’t forget, all members can request a copy of the Guild roster to see if any other members are in their area!

See you at the AHEC,
Kris Polizzi