Art DeCamp has been building muzzle loading rifles and powder horns since 1980, and specializes in replicating the Kentucky rifles, and shop-made screw-tip horns of Pennsylvania. His horn making is concentrated on the lathe-turned, screw-tip type horns from the various “schools” of eastern Pennsylvania, and accurate replication of Tansel style engraved horn work from central Indiana. Much of his horn working time is spent performing historically accurate museum quality restoration work on original powder horns.
Art is a Master member of “The Honourable Company of Horners” hornmakers guild, and is a charter member of the Contemporary Longrifle Association. His work was recognized with first place awards at Dixon’s Gunmakers Fair for, Best Decorated Horn, and Best Non-Decorated horn in 1999; plus overall Most Historically Accurate accoutrement in 1999, and again in 2004. In addition, his horns received Best Pennsylvania Horn in 2002, Best Southern Horn in 2004, and "Best of Show" for a horn inkwell at the 2010 Honourable Company of Horners Annual Conferences.
His horn artwork has been featured in “Muzzle Blasts”, “Muzzleloader”, “Westsylvania” and “Common Ground” magazines; and has been exhibited at the Heinz Museum of Western Pennsylvania History in Pittsburgh, PA. Several horn items by Art were featured in the book "Following the Tradition" by Gordon Barlow. In 2007 and 2009 he was commissioned to make powder horns for the President of the National Rifle Association. He has lectured on horns and horn making at Dixon’s Gun Makers Fair, the Horn Guild annual meeting, and the Kentucky Rifle Association; and has taught horn classes at Conner Prairie in Indianapolis, IN. He is also a member of the Kentucky Rifle Association, the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, a charter member of the Contemporary Longrifle Association, and a life member of the National Rifle Association.
Art resides in Huntingdon, PA with his wife Sharon. 
Art DeCamp: Authentic Custom Powder Horns
