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    Bear jawbone Dag

    Looks good, Labonte. Bones
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    Stone War Club

    That rocks Dave. I got a few stone clubs on tap, I use buffalo rawhide, it's hard as steel, but antelope, elk, deer, work just fine. Bravo! Bones
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    Brass Tacks

    As a writer of supernatural horror I have no intention at this time of going the conventional agent/publisher/submission/rejection slip route. JK Rowling was rejected by 38 publishers before the 39th sold 2 billion of those stupid Harry Potter books. At this time the money is in Kindle/Amazon...
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    How does a Bowie differ from other large knives?

    Zim, this knife of yours is defined by modern knifemakers as a camp knife.The commercial/one-man knife maker/designers as having the classic cutout swoop up around the tip. Many also define "Bowie" also with the cross guard as being curved off in opposing directions. Bowies are not a field of...
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    spike hawk done

    Beautiful Mike, this is one mean hawk :hatsoff: This is not a complaint, just personal preference, I make my hawks/war clubs with long handles, if I can swing it 18 inches or more for use from horseback. Are you going to make a blade sheath? I love the rawhide :thumbsup: Bravo! Tony Bones
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    Brass Tacks

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    Brass Tacks

    Ronnie, you can tack your rifle if you wish, it was done by whites, though nowhere to the degree Indians used them. Tacks back in the day were square brass shanks, the modern ones are steel. Using the old style, if you can find them, are fine for leather like sheaths and things. You can rivet...
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    Smallest cap & ball revolver?

    I had a 6 inch version of the Baby Dragoon by DGW that was deadly accurate as these break top Colts can be. For target work I used a Navy Arms '58 Remington .44 with the fixed barrel. The .31 cals are fun to shoot and give about the performance of a .32 S&W short. At the time I was in a job...
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    The guns that never were - .44 Cal 1851 Navies

    I have a '60 Army with the '51 Navy barrel that was boogered inside the muzzle at the front I cut down to 4-5 inches. Back in the mid-80s I bought some whole kits and parts from a gun dealer friend and played around. I had a .36 '51 Navy with grip frame, trigger guard, and wood grip from a '60...
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    Sheath Protection

    Marc, wild Indian that I am, several of my sheaths are one-piece buffalo and elk rawhide, and I use rendered bear fat I got from Moscow Hide & Furs, maybe it was Eidenes. Sometimes they have "scrorched" bear fat, that means it is a slight amber color, and at a reduced price. The thing with bear...
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    Cannon arrows

    FF, according to Edwin Tunis, the cannon arrows were wrapped tightly in leather to match the diameter of the bore, and that a sabot rested on the powder charge between it and the arrow. Other sources tell of the vanes being wood and just simply resting on the sabot.Doing target shooting with...
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    How to make Hairpipe

    NG, some interesting links: http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/BAE/Bulletin164/section4.htm http://twoelk2.tripod.com/BattleDressWeb/hpipinfo.htm According to my own research bone hair pipe was a "late" type decoration, more into the reservation period. Have fun, and let us see your...
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    Brand new here

    Welcome to the forum. My sole interest in muzzle loading is traditional, I'm a newbie to the forum too. i hope you find what you want and have fun. Tony :thumbsup:
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    A LIttle One...

    That's cool, I like the full flap. Bones
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    Elk Scalber/Skinner

    So do I my friend. Bones
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