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    Water Buffalo horn - cheap

    I have been tinkering with some scrimshaw and other small items., looking for various materials and such. I was at dollar tree yesterday and in the pet section, they had solid black 3 inch sections of water buffalo horn for $1.25 each. They are in plastic pouches hanging on pegs. I have...
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    hunters, how do you handle your deer once it is down?

    65 years ago, I was taught, the first thing was to cut the jugular, then remove the glands, then gut the animals, and even pack the cavity with snow to help cool off the carcass. No I have to admit, I never had to trail a deer (maybe I am more fussy about shots taken) Deer were always down...
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    Heat from candle

    About forty years ago, A buddy came up with a loose unscientific formula that on a still night, a single candle burning in a 8 x 8 wall tent with flaps closed and bottom perimeter closed would warm the interior about 9 degrees over the exterior temperature. So if it was 40 degrees out and he...
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    PA changes regs to permit Nitrofire in future

    As usual for the PA GAme commission, the terms used are not the model of clarity. and in a somewhat obtuse way. The definition includes as muzzleloaders those breechloaders loaded with "loose ammunition components (propellant and charge) comparable to a muzzle loader" This language...
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    100% vegan powder?

    Came across this for sale while cruising some German muzzle loader sites. The stuff looks like powder coffee creamer. Maybe no urea is used to make the powder. It is for salute guns. (Boeller)
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    some bone items

    A few weeks ago, Mrs asked me to trim a chuck roast. There was a fairly large flat bone in the roast which I cut out. I saw that it was flat and about half of it was solid, having no marrow whatever. So I cleaned the membrane off the bone, used a hack saw to cut the part with the marrow...
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    Genealogy to Colonial times and beyond

    Got a family reunion coming up in August and I am as close to the family historian as anyone. I am trying to get the grandparents families all back as far as the "old country" Unfortunately, family trees tend to be a boring series of names, and dates. So I am trying hard to make those past...
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    Feb 27 Columbia F&G Black powder open house (near Lancaster,PA)

    both shooting and some indoor displays and dealers. https://columbiafishandgame.org/2022-winter-black-powder-open-house-shoot/
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    Christkindl Salute

    In the 1500's and 1600's wars swept through central Europe decimating the population. In the remote mountainous areas, villages would place sentries at the entrances/passes to watch for enemy soldiers. The sentries were equipped with signal cannons and would fire a warning to the people in the...
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    Scammers

    Got a call today from a person identifying herself as a firearms officer with the state police. No name given, no state mentioned. No accent that I could tell. She said there was a problem with my recent black powder purchase and that several questions needed to be answered. I told her...
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    volunteer vegetables and squash

    My daughter had a pet pig that lived with our sheep. Thought it was a sheep. Well last early last November, a farm stand owner offered her a truck load of free pumpkins and squash. She brought that stuff home and parceled it out to the pig and his fellow sheep. This year we have...
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    Hudson Bay Blanket, made of gold?

    Been wanting another 6 pt Hudson Bay blanket like the one I lost in the house fire 6 years ago. I took darn good care of it and it was warm as could be. Saw a 4 point white with pastel stripes at an antique shop on Tuesday. It had most of the nap (thickness) but was severely frayed along the...
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    (PA) Lancaster County Longrifles Spring Rendezvous 4-28 to 5-2

    http://www.lancastercountylongrifles.com/
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    Any of the national rendezvous scheduled?

    I was on the NMLRA and the Living History site and they have not updated anything since last year. Same old problem. Need to plan far ahead and no information available. While vaccinations are currently proceeding slower than a dead snail, we might be open by mid summer or fall. I had the...
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    Treen ware

    I have always been a bit intrigued by treen ware. So little of it survives. So I have started making some. Mrs. wanted some wooden containers similar to needle cases but about twice the volume. So I made a few and I am surprising myself with how well I am getting the tops to fit. Even...
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    Question for Blacksmith/metallurgy folks

    I happened upon a very old treadle lathe for turning wood. I am building a fly wheel for it (old one missing) I am also hoping to forge out some old style tools for lathe chisels/knives. My only experience forging was junior high school making a cold chisel and about 20 years ago I forged some...
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    Pirogis

    I grew up in central PA, just south of what is called the coal regions. A place where various ethnic foods sort of overlap. One I truly loved from fairs and farmer's markets was pirogis. Often spelled numerous other ways, including Piroshki. Well, these little fried pies of dough outside and...
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    Combined foods/energy bars

    When I was very young, I remember my grandmother, a very old school PA Dutch cook, making a raised bread that had all kinds of stuff in it. It was dark in color with molasses, a bit of cocoa, browned loose sausage crumbles, raisins, dried apples, oat meal and other things kneaded into the...
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    Sika Elk on Assateague Island

    Saw my first Sika elk in the wild yesterday while hiking on Assateague island. I don't know what makes for a trophy, but the antlers were almost as tall as the elk. Also saw a half dozen white tail. I envy those who get to hunt out there. Looked into getting the license and permit, a bit...
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    smooth bore pistol pattern

    As I recall, conventional wisdom was that shot in a pistol was never a realistic hunting proposition. Perhaps ok for cutting a swath through a mutinous crew in the gangway, but that is it. Has anyone actually done some scientific type patterning of smooth pistols? One guy I know claims he...
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