I recommend nailing old grey fencing to your wall while your wife is at the grocery store.... You need a plan and you've got to work fast.
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Breathtaking! The best display of rifles and accouterments I have ever seen.
Thanks Smoke. You know what’s funny? Almost my most prized possession in this whole display is the black rifle poking straight out of the wall just below the hunting sword. It’s a solid brass 18th century gunsmith’s shingle hanger. It was hung above or next to the door of an urban gunsmith’s shop with two chains that hung from the sling and held the business sign. c1770. Perhaps English. Still has the nubs where the chains hung. (The sling is also solid brass). I’ve never seen another one.
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that photo belongs on a calendar! I mean it . it is a beautiful collection of acurtruments! all I can say is wow! and I wish I had them.
what keeps the horizontal flint lock from just pulling off of the block of wood it is fastened to? I know that it is screwed into it. just wonderening ? I can only wish I could have a man cave half as nice as yours! you have some exciting items!Thanks Smoke. You know what’s funny? Almost my most prized possession in this whole display is the black rifle poking straight out of the wall just below the hunting sword. It’s a solid brass 18th century gunsmith’s shingle hanger. It was hung above or next to the door of an urban gunsmith’s shop with two chains that hung from the sling and held the business sign. c1770. Perhaps English. Still has the nubs where the chains hung. (The sling is also solid brass). I’ve never seen another one.
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what keeps the horizontal flint lock from just pulling off of the block of wood it is fastened to? I know that it is screwed into it. just wonderening ? I can only wish I could have a man cave half as nice as yours! you have some exciting items!
thanks for the explanation. because it is a very heavy piece hanging on it out into the room. is it in relic condition ? is that it is screwed into the butt stock just curious?.
I recommend nailing old grey fencing to your wall while your wife is at the grocery store.... You need a plan and you've got to work fast.
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where do you get old board fencing? A farmers field? it rely set's it off. a rely old time added fixture. I sure like it!Relic condition yes. The butt is notched, peened, and brazed onto the base. No screws. Dozens of layers of paint and thick verdigris on the back. A great piece.
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where do you get old board fencing? A farmers field? it rely set's it off. a rely old time added fixture. I sure like it!
You can get "ship lac" at stores like Home Depot or Menards. It just wood wood made to look old. Gives that old time country kinda look. I did a wall in the kitchen for the wife. It is also called other things depending on who makes it.where do you get old board fencing? A farmers field? it rely set's it off. a rely old time added fixture. I sure like it!
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