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    A couple of pouch questians

    Great thanks! :thumbsup: The few books I have show what a welt is, just not what a Welt is.
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    A couple of pouch questians

    I received "The kentucky Long Rifle Hunting Pouch" book in the mail a few days ago, Alot of the bags had the powder horn atached to the shooting bag straps. Was this a normal practice? To me anyways it would seem to make alot of sence, less gear to throw on in an emergency, horn always stays in...
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    Powder horn spout Questian

    http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p258/Leithan_S/pic1.jpg My camera is loaned out, so I used my outstanding artistic ability to draw ya a pic. For the rivet I used a flat head brass tack, I poked a small hole in the leather and drilled a hole in the cover, I cut the tack just over length and...
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    Powder horn spout Questian

    I have been trying to get a tight fit between the the spout hole and the cover, the leather washer Idea got me thinking, instead of glue I drilled a hole in the cover and used a small flat head brass tack as a rivet and used it to afix a small leather washer, I greased it with a bit of...
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    Powder horn spout Questian

    Wow Blackhand thats fantastic, in the picture of your horn it looks like you atached the spout to a wood plug. Is that corect?
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    Powder horn spout Questian

    I have one of these spout kits from track http://www.trackofthewolf.com/(S(mk0mofecmsaghs55mrqv1d55))/categories/PARTDETAIL.ASPX?CATID=1&SUBID=12&STYLEID=42&PARTNUM=SPOUT-KIT-B I haven’t used it yet; I can't seem to find any pictures of an original example of it. It’s pretty neat, just a little...
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    Fur Flap possibles bag?

    I was thinking of trying my hand at making a possibles bag, I have a few books with pictures of bags, my question is how common if at all was it to have a fur covered Flap, something other then deer. I have a skunk hide that would look pretty nice sown to a bag flap. I am trying to stay in the...
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    Candy Striping?

    I just took a peice of tin foil laid it out on the floore and useing a strait edge cut a long strip, I wound it around my rodand sacured both ends with a spot of tape, I then just set my propane torch on the bench and moved the rod back and forth through the flame until I got the desired...
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    Flat powder horn questians

    Thanks for the Info, I have the veary same buckskiner, with a nice picture of a york Co. flat horn from the 18th. cen. DUH ::,
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    Flat powder horn questians

    I have been slowly swapping out my pre made gear with stuff that I have made, and its time to replace my powder horn. My question is were flat horns ever used for the main powder horn rather than the priming horn, I prime from my powder horn and don't carry a primming horn. I try to keep my...
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    R.E. Davis J. Dubs Kit ?

    Just wundering if anyone has built one or owned one and if the liked it or not. Been contiplating on getting a 20gauge smoothie as a all purpose woods walk gun, havent made up my mind yet, looked at plunty of trade muskets and such. any help is greatly appreciated!
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    Good books on carvings

    I will defently secound the rifles of colonial america volume 1, can't comment on Volume 2 as I just orderd it today but if its anything like Volume 1 get it too, I just received my copy of Volume 1 today, to say the least I am enlightend! this is the first actual longrifle picture book I have...
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    Mainspring Vice and extra Lock questian

    I am trying to find a period correct mainspring vice for the FI. war or the Rev. war, all I can seem to find are civil war or repoductions of ones from fine cased english shotguns, I know its a preaty basic tool, did they change that much ? does any one sell hand forged ones? , I have a period...
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    Lewis and Clark's rifle

    Thanks stumpkiller thats probebly where I got the idea that he worked for the HF armory.
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    Lewis and Clark's rifle

    This might be a dumb questian, did Jacob Dickert work at the HF armory, I think I remember reading that somewhere.
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