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    Source for spear and lance blades?

    If one is set up to forge, any old leaf spring is excellent. I prefer the “found on the side of the road” brand. Be warned, leaf spring is tough and if not annealed working it can wear one out ;) If no forge is available, I recommend, and use, old wore out lawn mower blades . My preferred...
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    Original Swiss Jaeger, any info. on maker ?

    My Good Relic I stumbled across this auction https://live.amoskeagauction.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/18/lot/7655 While it does not look like your rifle, the following caught my eye ”The lock is actually hand-detachable with a “wingnut” style screw protruding from the left stock flat …”...
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    Restoration suggestions

    This has the earmarks of a fur trade era trade rifle that Was badly converted from flint to percussion. If you can contact Ron Petersen in Abq he could easily ID it. He closed his shop on Central the fall before the start of covid, but still does business online
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    Knife forging questions....

    Greetings My Good Firestick You got a great deal of info here, but To answer your original question, For cheap materials to make "knives as working tools" these three scrounged steels are hard to beat - scrounged automotive leaf and coil springs - old files ( NOT farrier rasps - most are...
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    So how can I find out what this metal is?

    Your drive cases are almost certainly Zamac- a Zinc/Aluminum alloy that has a low melt point but superior strength and ease of detailed casting compared to aluminum hth shunka
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    What is Damascus?

    thanks Claude- yuppers. what that nice Walter fellow said. crucible steel, aka wootz (made in small pucks) was shipped out from what we know as India all over the silk road trade routes and beyond. Damascus, being a blade-making and manufacturing city and center of trade obtained and used...
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    Rehardening India musket Frizzen with leather

    What you are describing sounds like color case hardening, and may not work well for cheap frizzens. I myself used to use casenite, but it is no longer available and since I haven't done it in so long, I had to go look it up. try these three sites: from Track of the wolf: track of the wolf...
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    anyone make a peep/ghost ring to fit your flintlock

    that is a well-done low profile and unobtrusive peep! I was inspired by the johnson sight and this cva mountain rifle sight. I took a 6" or so length of 1/8" x 1/2" steel bar stock, pointed the front, dished out the sides, and bent the back 3/4 inch vertical. Then split the vertical and...
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    anyone make a peep/ghost ring to fit your flintlock

    If you examine the Johnson Peep site seen here https://www.muzzleloaderbuilderssupply.com/mbs3cart/agora.cgi?next=25&product=Sights you can get an idea of what can be done that still looks good. or you can make a "lollipop peep" out of a thumbscrew and drill and tap your tang. These were...
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    Unusual cylinder roll scene...

    While the rest of the world was switching to cartridges, It appears Belgium continued to make percussion revolvers, rifles, and muskets well into the 1900's, apparently "for the trade" in Africa and Asia. I am still looking for solid data on that.
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    Unusual cylinder roll scene...

    dang it that wassupposed to be " brevit colts (licensed ) and unlicensed copies "
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    Unusual cylinder roll scene...

    Be my guest :-) I just find the info and pass it along. The "Brevet Colts" , licensed or unlicensed, is another facet of the rabid colt collector world, and another rabbit hole to fall down lol. yhs shunka
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    Unusual cylinder roll scene...

    these are Schnorrenberg Colt copies, manufactured after 1880, without license they are generally knonw as "Brooklyn Bridge Colts" https://ostrich-san.livejournal.com/11376814.html http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20s/a%20schnorrenberg%20gb.htm...
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    a fake remington revolving carbine on armslist

    Ah My Dear Dave - thanks, I actually used that site and snips of several Rock Island Auctions of originals as references, sending to the actual seller in an attempt to educate him as to exactly what was wrong with his Italian replica. All to no avail. He ignored 3 separate and very polite...
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    a fake remington revolving carbine on armslist

    Ah my dear Moose, AKA Bedbugbilly- You do not like my agenda? what don't you like, finding and spreading the truth? or exposing fraud? as I posted in reply to you elsewhere, I do not consider posting in about 6 other forums as "spamming". there are many folk in the BP world who do not...
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    a fake remington revolving carbine on armslist

    So Moose, or should I say BedBugBilly - apparently you do not follow your own advice?
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    a fake remington revolving carbine on armslist

    Greetings - As an FYI of some of the scam artists out there, and if you want a laugh, check out this outfit from missouri. he's had this ad up in various forms for over 8 months. http://www.armslist.com/posts/787045...p--make-offer- Remington and Sons 1858 Rifle, New Model. 44 Ball/Cap "Make...
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    Carl Shirley- Gunbuilder- Anyone ever heard of him?

    Greetings My Dear Matt - it may have been finished with shellac. happy I could help, it seems as tho he built more than one. photos would be greatly appreciated! yhs shunka
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    Carl Shirley- Gunbuilder- Anyone ever heard of him?

    My Dear Matt - I suspect it was these folks ( they lived in the area for some time, acquired over 70 acres of woods and donated some 40 acres to a conservancy. a snip from Collectors and Libraries: Some Studies in Symbiosis NICHOLAS A. BASBANES "The love of books runs in the family," Betsy...
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    Santa Fe Trail Rendezvous cancelled

    yessir, it's another spooky fire season down here. They had to close and evacuate Philmont Scout Ranch, and evacuate much of Cimarron. with the fire danger so extreme I expect more closings and cancellations this year: "CIMARRON, N.M. ”” A northern New Mexico wildfire that has threatened two...
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