My story behind it... I was crossing the mountains when my powder horn was lost/broken and I had to make one with materials that nature offered and what I had in my packs. Local pine for the base plug and mule deer antler for the spout.
Mountain men lived a rough life and a thin fancy scrimshawed horn would be a very delicate and rare item.
Could you show us the hole in the spout?
I thought that what I was looking at was the spout cover.
Silly me, I thought that the cover was decorated wood.
But now it looks like it's antler.
I was wondering what was under the cover, I thought that it might be a brass spout.
Because I didn't see any hole showing.
We're missing out on seeing all of the features.
If what's shown is not the cover but it's the spout, where is the plug for spout, or is that a cover for the spout?
BTW, nice looking horn.
P.S. I would be concerned about the side staple being pulled out by accident in the woods if a strap were directly attached to it.
Another method of securing an attaching point for a strap might be safer in the long run, and would take more abuse.
Did you intend to directly attached a strap to the side staple?
That staple could be used to help secure a leather or cord wrap in place, which a strap could then be attached to the wrap.
Perhaps then there would be less strain on the side staple.
After all, I have no idea how secure that side staple really is on the inside of the horn.
Did you use expoxy to secure it on the inside like JB Weld or something?