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    Hide Tanning Process

    Thanks Twisted, Great site. :thumbsup:
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    Hide Tanning Process

    Thanks Doc, I'm sure glad I didn't have to try and explain brain tanning. The Grandson and I were ridding through the town of Tannersville near our home when the questions started. I could roughly get my way through the towns namesake but did not know how far back the tanning process went. Lots...
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    Hide Tanning Process

    Today I was explaining to my 14 year old grandson the process of tanning hides/ leather goods, using Hemlock bark/ Tannic acid. Well a question came up I could not answer. That is, was this process known when we came over from Europe or is it something we learned from the Native American...
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    T/C Cleland Match Rifle Value?

    Chad Cleland. Chad has spent a lot of time hunting, which he does almost exclusively with a muzzle loader. He has taken squirrels with a .30 caliber flint lock in Ohio, a 325 lb. mule deer in Alberta, Canada with a .50 caliber in-line and everything in between. We have decided to post just a...
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    Larry Gardner Flintlock Auction for Toys for Tots...

    Thanks Billy, I just bought a couple myself. Would'nt that make a nice Xmas present. Dave
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    T/C Cleland Match Rifle Value?

    Thanks Guys, I will let him know tomorrow. He just blew a bunch of money on some parts for another gun, and I think he's a little strapped for cash right now. Dave
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    T/C Cleland Match Rifle Value?

    I got a call tonight from a friend that wants to sell his Cleland Hawkins Match rifle. It's 40 cal with a 54 frame in like new condition. He said it was strictly a competion rife and he is a hunter and has no use for it. I can't find anything on the net to come up with an asking price. Anyone...
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    flea-market find

    Nice Find, :bow: It has a very European look, could be French and part of a carving set. The stamping may have been the reseller/retailer and not the maker. I find that is pretty common on these knives. Dave
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    Flask help

    Your flask is known as a compartment flask, this one happens to be a pistol flask. They were made by different manufactures, Dixon. Hawksley and American Flask and Powder Co. Dating somewhere 1880's 1890's. Here is a link to an auction site where one recently sold...
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