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  1. longshot47

    Carving files

    Since the subject of 'files' came up..... I've been using an assortment of sculpture's rasps, Italian rifflers and the common fore-in-hand type tools, and felt the time was right to sample the larger, hand stitched french rasps. While searching around, I came upon a few luthier forums and...
  2. longshot47

    Light Dragoon?

    I recently became the beneficiary of the items in the attached photos.I'm told that they traveled as a pair for many decades. The little horn is a crafty piece of ingenuity, which appears original and entirely hand made. Origin unknown [question 1]. The handgun appears to be an East India...
  3. longshot47

    ....Almost a hatchet

    Picked up this sweet little hatchet head at the faire last week and shaved out a haft from a piece of curly maple I had in the shop. Due to it's diminutive size [4 5/8" long, 2" blade, 1 lb. or less], I initially though that it might be more of a novelty than working tool; but once mounted and...
  4. longshot47

    7$ Horn

    Pulled this double twist sleeper, along with a number of others, out of Lee Larkins pile of nasties on the lawn at Dixon's last year. Scraped body, shaped and polished throat, turned walnut plugs. The contrasting textures add some personality. Yeah, I know.....its only worth $6.50 now, but it...
  5. longshot47

    'Jonathan Alder'

    Just finished 'A history of Jonathan Alder - His Captivity and Life with the Indians', Univ. of Akron Press. A dictated/transcribed narrative which centers on a thirteen year period of wilderness life and adaptation in the Ohio territory, circa. 1782, as relayed by Alder, who was a 9 year old...
  6. longshot47

    'Sons'

    Point of interest..... Ebay currently shows a listing for a signed, 61st hardcover edition of Mark Baker's 'Sons of a Trackless Forest'. A thousand pages of 100 proof 'back when'; high bid at $168. ~Longshot
  7. longshot47

    Horn Reborn

    Came across this right-sized, double twist horn, which looked promising in the rough. After scraping and shaping I decided to try putting it in the oven [250~] to soften it, in order to fit a turned plug. Bad decision. Back at the bench I cut an inlay from a piece of 1 1/2" thin wall brass...
  8. longshot47

    Pioneer Powder

    Tried the 'search' -but you know how that goes. I might have missed some of the detail, but while half-watching one of those hunting shows, a promotion for 'Pioneer' powder claimed a shooter, [using one of those nylon stocked abominations] managed 5000 good shots without cleaning. Possible...
  9. longshot47

    Set the 'Wayback Machine'

    Digging around in the loft for something I probably no longer own I came across a box of old books which contained a few surprises including; catalogue #31 [antique firearms and edged weapons], from Robert Abels inc., Lexington ave., N Y. I vaguely remember ordering it,as a kid, back in the...
  10. longshot47

    Two heads better than one

    Looking for advice on how best to peen the heads of knife handle pins, when antler, bone, or some other irregular, natural material is used, and aggressive filing after peening is not an option. Trying to avoid collateral damage while creating a solid bond. Longshot
  11. longshot47

    Barrel wedge taboo?

    Why are barrel wedges so rarely seen on smoothbores? [Bioprof's 3/15 post -this forum- is probably the first my novice eye has noticed] Factor out the banded military type stuff and think to the fusils and fowlers. I'm conjuring up something akin to a colonial fowler and I like the idea...
  12. longshot47

    Sons of a Trackless Forest

    Any of you boys [or girls] able to point me towards a reliable source where I might get a copy of Mark Baker's, 'Sons of a Trackless Forest'? Publisher -out of print Amazon -out of print, no used copies available Ebay -not my shot. Thanx, Longshot
  13. longshot47

    Barrel flush tool

    Tryin' to get a fix on whether those clamp-on [avoid removing the barrel] type cleaning aides perform well [no leaks/marring] --and which, if any, can be recommended for flint. I recall seeing fragments of info on these things in random posts and have done due diligence with the search -but...
  14. longshot47

    Come all ye faithful....

    Step in boys and rest your sights on a Dave Motto, Berks county newborn. A shimmel-spirited dream piece [old, but new], dressed out in a swamped 44"/.54 Rice barrel and a refined Siler lock. The workings are tight set in a traditionally finished maple stock -of uncommon character, with brass...
  15. longshot47

    What have we here . . . . ?

    This piece has been sittin at my cabin door for years. What is it? What is it's genisis?? What value??? What Fg should I use????? I figure it musta been the 'starter' piece for the Oklahoma land Rush. The only markins I can find are the numerals '*183*' and 270 cast into the wheel web. It...
  16. longshot47

    Rustic Arms/Narragansett Arms

    Been doin the links and have experienced considerable temptation when I lock in on the Bucks County longrifle offered by Larry Williams of Early Rustic Arms and that of Narragansett Arms. Sixty seconds of hands-on and I'd know what I need to make a right decision. Absent that, I'm hopin...
  17. longshot47

    Point me right

    Been doin the links and have experienced considerable temptation when I lock in on the Bucks County longrifles offered by Early Rustic Arms and Narragansett Arms. Sixty seconds of hands-on and I'd know what I need to make a decision. Absent that, I'm hopin someone in the brotherhood -who has...
  18. longshot47

    Stuck in the throat

    Come upon a couple of dark but decent -and unusually heavy bull horns with a fairly tight double twist to 'um. Cored, trimmed and scraped they look even more promisin. The Problem: Started boring out the throat of one horn in the usual preliminary manner [progressive drill bits] and have...
  19. longshot47

    baroque designs/patterns

    Any of you boys come upon a web site[s] offerin' free baroque type patterns /designs in a line format or some such renderin' which might be transferable to horns [scrim] and stocks [relief carved]?
  20. longshot47

    antiquing/staining powderhorns

    What materials/techniques are effective for achieving the rich, antiqued, amber color tone, when working with a relatively new, light colored horn? Have tried the obvious --oil/water stain, tea, coffee, hair color, coppersulfate and other more obscure renderins', without success. A lead in...
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