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    Eastern Primitive Vous...I'm ready

    It's in Slippery Rock PA this year. From what I have seen the event location looks awesome.
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    Eastern Primitive Vous...I'm ready

    Been many a year since my last rendezvous but I'm looking forward to and ready for the Eastern Primitive Rendezvous. My camp and gear are simple. A simple leanto for shelter, smooth bore musket, and no more than the necessary gear to be comfy and enjoy a primitive camp as it should be. Although...
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    My Fowler done!!

    Well done!! Congrats on building a beautiful piece. If that dont get one motivayed to build their own, nothing will. :hatsoff: :thumbsup:
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    Tent safety idea ...

    Great idea! But just a small FYI. Most welding fire blankets are made of fiberglass, so take care to not get clothes or bedding in contact with it while traveling, loading and unloading your gear........bag it up. Having been a rod burner for 32+ years, Ive carried home enough fiberglass from...
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    Builders of poor folks rifles?

    In books magazines and adds we always see the beautifully ornate, inlayed and carved rifles from the Golden Age of rifles.....but what about the poor folks of that ERA? We see much about the beautiful rifles such as those built by Haines, Dickert, Armstrong and others, but I have to believe that...
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    Throwing hawks or knives in combat?

    Great info Spence and a fun discussion as well. Even though throwing the hawk may not have been common place, its obvious it was thrown as well as knives. After bringing this question up, I went out and threw my hawk a bit after a long lay off......it was awful! But I did come to the conclusion...
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    Throwing hawks or knives in combat?

    Throwing hawks and knives for competition at events is great fun and is seen in many movies but is it documented that they were used in combat as throwing weapons? Just curious because in combat it seems like throwing your weapon away would not be the best choice for survival in close range...
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    Adding patina or not?

    Ive got a repro. Charleville that Ive had for 30 yrs plus or minus that looks nearly new because of excellent care ,but lately have been thinking about adding some patina to give it an aged look. I found a recipe to add patina, but am wondering if a light browning job might be a better choice...
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    Local History

    Heres just a bit of local history thats just minutes from my home to several locations in which this took place. To me these kinds of local history are fascinating and are what great personas are based upon. John Conner was born on August 27, 1775, at the village of Schoenbrun, in what is now...
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    Help needed on a small camp

    Since I generally go alone, my 12x12 Diamond has become one of my favorite shelters. Its plenty roomy, easy up, easy down and packs away small in my vehicle. As far as foul weather its been through several toad stranglers and T. storms and I always stayed dry. Just in case of changing winds that...
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    The Devil Was On My Shoulder

    HA,HA!! Funny how things work out. Our archery season is open and deer huntin has been real sloooowww........but tree rats everywhere. This afternoon I left the longbow at home and fed my smoothy some 5 shot for what I thought would be a sure fire squirrel dinner....they had other plans, never...
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    Thanks for the warm welcome

    Welcome! This is a great place with a wealth of experience, knowledge and history to be found in every topic. :hatsoff:
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    My first attempt at scrimshawing a horn

    Well done! I've done a little bit of scrimshaw myself,but mine are pretty primitive compared to that. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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    Leather for moccasins

    I'm looking to make a couple pair of center seam pucker to Moccasin's and need some quality leather, any suggestions on a supplier? I've got the patterns, I'm just in need of the raw materials to get started. Thanks
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    First Horn (flat)

    Well done! That there is one fine lookin horn! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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    Canvas treatment?

    Just read an article where canvas can be made fire retardant when soaked in mixture of Borax soap and water. After it is dry,soak the canvas once again in a water and Alum mix to make it water repellent. Anyone heard of this?? I'm gonna try it on some canvas drop pieces and see how it works. If...
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    No squirrels but enough to wet the appetite

    Thought Id sneak in an afternoon hunt before all the holiday festivities started, so I fed the Charleville some #5's and headed out...but alas, it was not meant to be. After about an hour a steady rain moved in and cut things short. Even though my hunt got cut short it was great to be out...
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    Camp coffee

    So many times I've read and talked to folks who struggle with coffee grounds in their camp coffee. They use socks, filters, nylons or any number of things to filter out the coffee grounds.....that's way to much work for great coffee, simply boil the whole bean. By simply boiling the whole bean...
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    skill,s lost

    Jim, please don't leave us, as your point was well taken....at least by me anyway. Technology has encroached on everything in our society and as for the ways of old....well, passing on the appreciation for what we enjoy just ain't as easy as it used to be. In a time of instant gratification...
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    Just an afternoon horn

    Thanks folks. Didn't really have a plan but once I started scraping, filing and whittling I just couldn't put it down until it was finished. Nothing like the enjoyment of seeing a DIY project come to fruition.
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