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    Typical small belt-knife of a Voyageur...

    Historically accurate French knife......folder or fixed blade Contact Ken Hamilton
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    Round Balls With Dimples

    The Scottish deerskin trader James Adair observed the Southern tribes using "chewed bullets" in their smoothbore trade guns...... In his book "History of the American Indians" Adair was convinced that the Chickasaw & many of the other Southern tribes were defended from the Lost Tribes of Israel...
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    Shooting Bare ball

    The few first person accounts describe..... wadding when loading a trade gun with a round ball. Also a few original guns that were loaded when recoverd from the ground or water were loaded with some type of wadding material above & below the bare ball. So if you want to load your gun in a...
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    Which story is most movie worthy?

    At one time the Chickasaw we're planning to make a movie based on the Chickasaw/French wars of 1736..... The French created a Northern Force that gathered at Fort De Chartes and Northern Indian allies ......that battle took place in March in Northern Mississippi and was a disaster for the...
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    Deer Hunting

    Killed a few with a Flint smoothbore...... .595 ball, no patch, just wadding & 60 grains of fffg.....I primarily bow hunt so if you set up with the same mentality the deer will be in range......first one was a 4 point.....50 yard shot. The majority have been 25 yards or less. It never ceases to...
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    Tumpline

    This is an example of a weft twinned tumpline that I wove around 20 years ago.....you will notice the weft twinned method lends it's self to worked in patterns......kind of like tapestry twinning. David
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    Tumpline

    You will find a couple of different styles looking at originals......the majority are weft twinned with fine cordage......many are decorated with moose hair embroidery......truly spectacular. Most are of basswood or hemp cordage...the warp cords are very long(21 foot) and split for the last...
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    Well I got the Smoothbore, but now...

    Sir.....I have obviously offended you & that was not my intention. If you can file the end of the muzzle and get the gun to shoot a tight group with a round ball to point of aim....that's great! If you will carefully read what I wrote...I never said your method will not work.....BUT this is not...
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    Shooting Bare ball

    I shoot a .595 ball out of my .60 cal Carolina gun with a 60 grain fffg powder change with Spanish Moss for wadding above & below the ball. The balls slide down the barrel but I do swab the bore after about 10-15 shots. With some fouling it is still easy to ram the ball
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    Well I got the Smoothbore, but now...

    Guys.......I see this thread is still alive & kicking. I just don't get all the hand wringing over flexing a barrel to move the point of ball impact. It seems some of you would rather try and compensate if the gun is shooting right by aiming to the left or modifying the way you sight down the...
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    WANTED leather bag with woven strap

    There used to be a Woodland Conference that was held in Ohio.....Dr. Scott Stevenson commented on the fact that many early Native made Items ended up in "Curiosity Cabinets" in England, Scotland, France, etc. The Aberdeen Ogilive collection is a great example of that. A great collection of early...
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    WANTED leather bag with woven strap

    Sir....I respect your opinion & I agree that finger woven straps do tend to stretch but......are there any extant examples of Northern Great lakes bags that are constructed like you describe? I am from the South as well & I am very familiar with the applique tape method that you describe, but to...
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    WANTED leather bag with woven strap

    This is probably closer to what the artist was trying to interpret. In the West painting he gives great details but unfortunately not much can be seen of the bag. Benjamin West collected Native American manufactured items to use as props in his paintings David
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    WANTED leather bag with woven strap

    It is probably oblique finger woven with the beads(8/0) worked in. If you look at the attached image.....that is how the vertical bands of this sash is constructed. Many of the quilled black leather bags of the Northeast have a finger woven strap. Very time consuming but makes for a stunning...
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    Hello, from south AL

    Treble Hook, Welcome to the forum. I grew up in Enterprise Alabama & was a member of a muzzleloading club called the White water Longhunters. The club was once in Jack Al. but several years ago relocated to an area between Dothan & Troy. If your interested in expanding into more...
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