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    Knapping Rifle Flints

    The most difficult part of knapping gun flints is halving a nodule so you can drive blades off. An easy way to do this is to have someone with a rock saw cut your flint nodules in half for you, then you have two blade cores. One you have a nodule with one flat surface it is still a learning...
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    My New Blunderbuss

    I the mid to late sixties, I built a number of these from Dixie kits. I was selling them as fast as I could build them. I stamped the barrels with 'Woodside'. A real nasty load is one 1/4 pound box of carpet tacks. During this time, I had visited the Netherlands, and discovered Blundebusses...
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    Where to find lead

    Old sailboats are a good source of lead, and there are so many derelict boats on the market, you can often get one free. I am cutting a 25 footer up right now. Has 2300 pounds of lead in ballast. That should last me for a while. Woody
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    Hide or skin for a T.C. Albert pouch

    In the sixties, I raced motorcycles. The best quality leathers to protect your hide were made from horse hide. I personally tested this aspect on more than one occasion. It is very available from Canadian leather suppliers. Woody
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    PB tools.....

    A wee bit of help here to lessen the blade breakage. Either buy a tub of saw lube, or use the old standby...a lump of bees wax. Lube the blade frequently, and you will dull the blades before breaking them...usually. Use a blade that keeps about three teeth on the metal you are cutting for fast...
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    Cast Iron Pot

    A Tinkers dam would be the traditional method of fixing the wee hole. The tinkers dam is a soft iron rivet made to patch hole in pots, and yes, they are still available, but hard to find. Being a pin hole you could make your own rivet from a piece of soft iron wire. Head it in a pair of...
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    Rusty bore Fix

    A fairly fast rust converter is a an aqueous solution of citric acid mixed one cup to the gallon. distilled or rain water works best, and being a chemical reaction the hotter the faster. Citric acid is not poisonous, so is relatively safe to use, and dispose of. Being inside a barrel, I would...
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    Dyeing Fabric

    If you have red dirt(Georgia clay)throw about a cup a gallon of water, sloss it around a few times, rinse, and dry. Give a good red dirt shirt colour. Woody
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    Silk as a patch material

    Naval big gun powder bags are silk because it burns away without residue of hot sparks....your patch would not likely make to the muzzle, but then try to explain how paper wasp nest does not burn. Woody
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    Canteen Gourd seeds

    If you can not grow good gourds, try the Welburn Gourd Farm near Fallbrook, California. They are online. Gourds from Welburn are noted for the thick shells. My wife gets gourds from the place, and has always received good quality ones. Woody BTW, those beggers are a B to clean out.
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    Any Lube Recipies

    Four parts Bear fat, one part beeswax, one table spoon of caster oil. Woody
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    cutting round patches

    Leather working arch punches, or wad cutters work the best. Use a piece of end grain wood under the cloth with a couple of pieces of card stock between the cloth, and wood. You should be able to cut through 15 to 20 layers at a time. Do not hit the punch with a steel hammer, use heavy wood...
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    Camp tokens

    Saw a hat last year that had about that many on it. Looked very heavy...and tacky (to me).
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    Aquafortis questions?

    Sean: To get the rust out of the kettle,(or anything else) use a solution of one cup Citric acid to a gallon of hot water. It is non poisonous, and converts rust quickly if warm. You can get it from wine making suppliers. They use it to sterilize bottles. Save it a a closed jug for use later, it...
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    Sterling Silver Scabbard Throat

    Very clean looking work!
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    What is best for wood shaping??

    A good drawknife, and spokeshave will cleanly remove the majority of waste, and scrapers will do the rest. Learning to sharpen all your wood working tools is the first thing you need. Scrapers will remove bastard grained (figured) wood pretty fast IF they are sharp without tearout. An old (like...
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    Tent Stove Question

    We have a two dog size Four Dog Stove in our 15 foot diameter Ger. With the 1/2" felt insulation we can get sauna temps with that wee stove very easy. Pack a good load of Madrona, and we still have heat in the morning even at -20 night temperature. I have experienced a few tent stoves, but not...
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    Antler Turning

    My lathe is wood bed and cast iron made in the UK in 1853...damn near period itself. Enough iron to build at least three new ones. It was line shaft driven until I got it in 1970. I posted pictures of it on the Horners Bench. Back to topic, taking very light cuts like turning dense tropical...
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    My rifle

    Damn, I drive by the Hawken Shop at least once a month. I try to avoid going in just so the wife won't say "You paid how much for that kit". It will happen, and I will pay the price(wife price) Woody Semper Fi
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    Antler Turning

    An age thing, I thought 'common' turning tools were nice carbon steel. None of mine are HSS. Antler does take the edge off pretty fast......but...wait for it. Carbon steel turning tools are period correct. Just had to say it. Woody
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