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    Side Seam Moccasin project

    Not sure if they still have them but last year Princess auto was selling french military surplus rubber over boots for 5 bucks a pair. Over a pair of moccasins they are great. thick wool socks, moccasins and those rubbers make a warmer boot then the best kamik boots I own. When it is time to...
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    Peep on .40 Squirrel Rifle

    Per M.D no need for it- Cannot speak for others but I am aware that a vast majority of the time what I decide is right might not actually be the case. Questioning my judgement is a huge favor to me. Re scopes- train yourself to shoot with both eyes open. (and for tangent mounted rifle sights...
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    Vent pick

    Next time you whack a road chicken, partridge, Grouse- Keep the whole tail/fan. Nail it to your wall somewhere. Pluck out a feather and you will have the perfect way to maintain your vent/poke your powder charge. A nice mature bird yields a stout tool that holds up well until you lose it...
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    Gun storage - lock questions

    In your right hand.
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    Safe black powder storage?

    I assume you want to know how to store it safetly in your home so that it does not pose a signifigant hazard to you, your family, neighbours, first responder..... Your in luck wise minds have figured it all out. Even luckier thier figurin came up with something niether onerous or expensive or...
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    Tomahawk carrying

    Maybe the middle ground is that during a reenacting event near a paved road it is pretty low risk to 'be on your own hook' but if you are really on your 'own hook' i.e not surrounded by folks that will help you and coping with some uncontralables then it might be prudent to be more cautious then...
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    Japenese Matchlock replica musket

    There are alot of custom builders out there that would take a commission to replicate just about anything you can provide pictures of. Wont be cheap tho. What is your budget? Do you want off the shelf or are you willing to do some work/learnin? Do you want something that actually replicates...
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    Horn any opinions?

    Well this horn showed up today- Jackpot! I should retitled this thread "What you see in computer pics aint nuthin at all what it looks like in real life" - or "trust your instincts" Yeah it is as old as dirt and if you ever held a prettier item (that was not wearing a skirt) in the fall light...
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    Tomahawk carrying

    Blade- spinal column- really spence have you never walked down a wet/muddy/icey hill before and felt the force that rocks your tail bone when your feet decide to levitate. I managed to break a rib with the very blunt handle of sheath knife during a fall and not learning the lesson let my son...
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    Tomahawk carrying

    Make no mistake your just as likely to die today from an infection! Especially if you spend anytime at a hospital. Try and keep your top layer in tact.
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    Help needed on a small camp

    for solo camps I gave up on the tent and have gone with a 'bivy' and tarp. Advantages abound. Most signifigant is that it allows you to use the terrain/vegetation/forest to advantage. Lets you take advantage of naturally dry and/or naturally comfortable and/or naturally kind of protected from at...
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    Peep on .40 Squirrel Rifle

    yeah loose that front sight. aside from having trouble finding your target your likely to block out something that you do not want to shoot! I'd be leary of shooting that horizontal in the bush. Dogs, people, ATVs, santa clause who knows what is hurtling into the line of fire. Most certainly...
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    Spanners

    yeah but you should know better- the least poke illicits a few hundred words of blather and even tickle wastes 50 or 75. Good thing words are just a bit cheaper then borsch. On the plus side this thread has peaked my interest in odd and unique spanners so I should be distracted enough with...
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    Spanners

    I have seen that video the adjustable in question IIRC was a foot or 18 inches long and likely 10X the tool that the average discount store monkey wrench is. i.e the jaws are probabley paralell and the adjusting screw probabley does not have a 1/4 inch of back lash and an 1/8th of an inch of...
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    Original locks

    Thought I 'd pass along something that came as a bit of a shock to me and which may be of interested to those seeking a pre flintlock Lock. Came into possession of a some recent auction house catalogues from the UK. While I do not have the realized price list the catalogues were filled with...
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    Spanners

    No shame in using a well fitted wrench with a bend in it but I'd caution against using a loose and floppy adjustable wrench! Quick root to a marred axle and I can assure you that carving a new axle is alot more difficult then carving a new spanner.
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    roasting meat over a camp fire

    Just reading a new book on pre enclosure history in Appalachia. Author is currently exploring the role of Daughters/wives in the family economy according to him for large hunks of time more sustenance and cash money (or tradeable goods) were produced by women then men! It was only when we had...
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    Spanners

    By all means get a triangle file and a drill and make one or three for your self. If you are slow and adopt a complicated design it might take an hour. By making a custom spanner that fits properly you are less likely to end up marring the axle of the lock and you are more likely to end up with...
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    Horn any opinions?

    Spence, I agree that horn of yours- to my way of thinking- is 100X more interesting then alot of trophy horns. Also more pleasing to the hand and the eye. (and useable!). When i see engraved horns I think of a stalled path forward, boredom and enforced idleness. Pride of ownership? maybe...
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    Horn any opinions?

    Thanks all for the input, I have been scouring Canadian museum collections- the ugliness, construction method and hanger hardware fit with early 19th to mid 20th century exmaples of Acadian, French, Native and Metis working horns (and or restaurant decorations). I have no reason to believe that...
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