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  1. Jerry Samouce

    My first bear possibles bags!

    Soooo a reenactor friend , who also hunts bear legally, gave me a bear fur he tanned, in trade that I make him a Bear Possibles Bag. So, I am making three, because three done simultaneously takes as long as two done one at a time. But alas, the bear fur was lookin so cool that I got all excited...
  2. Jerry Samouce

    My Burl Maple Rifle Cane is done!

    It took over 100 hours but i finally finished it! Check it out!
  3. Jerry Samouce

    Burl Maple Rifle Cane Project

    Howdy Folks! I aint gettin any younger and I have a bad knee. So, I am thinking ahead and making a cane for my future use. I call it a rifle cane (It won't shoot) because, I imagine, it is what a talented veteran would have made from his old and broken war rifle to serve him in his old age. It...
  4. Jerry Samouce

    I want to buy a Hawk from Darcy Quapp

    Where can I find how to commission/buy a Tomahawk from Darcy Quapp of "Prairie Forge and axe"? I have sent out messages to the man on his FB page and here, but I get no response, and I can't find an online shop to order one. Has anyone done business with him? So that I can also do the same...
  5. Jerry Samouce

    My Jim Chambers Virginia Rifle is finally complete!

    It took forever... but it is finally completely done...
  6. Jerry Samouce

    Cheek plate advice?

    I have a question for you experienced types... I own a Raffle Rifle... that was given away last month at the NC State flintlock championship.... It is a Southern Appalachian long rifle which historically has no carving (rats! I love carving) But I have found that some do have a "Man in the...
  7. Jerry Samouce

    My latest Flat horn hand etching

    So, I was given this flat horn and now I am hand etching it... So far I am VERY pleased! I have a ways to go... but, I am on my way!
  8. Jerry Samouce

    Possibles Bag pricing question

    I purchased a spotted Bob cat hide. I am planning on making a bob cat bag like the ones in the attached photos... If I can pull it off! What is a realistic ballpark price for something of this level...?
  9. Jerry Samouce

    I got an offer I couldn't refuse...

    News Flash! I just got an offer I couldn't refuse! (imagine Italian music here) I recently bought the entire historic leather working business of an 85 year old fella with severe Parkinson's... He couldn't hold a needle anymore and was worried his 30 year leatherworking knowledge would die with...
  10. Jerry Samouce

    Show me your double Possibles Bags

    I am about to make my first attempt on making a double possibles bag... But I would like to see some historically accurate specimens to get my brain juices flowing! I need to see photos from different angles to se WHAT is going on, to better devise a plan of attack! and I figure you guys are...
  11. Jerry Samouce

    Tell me more about Bear Oil

    At Lafayette Long Rifle's club shoot event, I was just given a ball jar filled with pure bear oil. The fellow who gave it to me is BIG into period hunting and has bagged and tanned over 5 Black bears over the years. Being a relatively New Guy to Flintlocks, I had never heard of such a thing...
  12. Jerry Samouce

    A very cool, beautiful jag that you will want.

    Recently I posted photos of my first completed rifle build. Since then, I have had several folks ask where I bought this amazing very useful and beautiful jag that was just too sexy not to use in my build... It took forever to find them again... Here is the very obscure small business' link...
  13. Jerry Samouce

    Over 50 hours of carving later...

    Ok.... sigh... back stretch... 50 hours of work later... I just finished carving on my 1st Virginia rifle for my NC Militia reenactment persona... Based off of my Scottish relative Samuel Whiteside who lived near Whiteside Mountain NC. 1st two videos will be a prestain grand tour of my...
  14. Jerry Samouce

    18th century rifle scabbard?

    New guy here. Was there such a thing as a mid to late 18th century rifle scabbard for a 58" long Virginia rifle? Did Daniel Morgan's Overmountain men use rifle scabbards? If so...what did it look like? (pictures?) If not, what did they use to keep their powder dry and to protect their rifles...
  15. Jerry Samouce

    My First Rifle carving...

    I am new to the whole reenactment thing as I have been doing it for only 1 year. Being afraid to mess it up, the amazing gunsmith David Ricketts assembled on commission and delivered my first Flintlock Rifle to me a week ago. It is a Jim Chambers Mark Silver 58cal Virginia Rifle and even...
  16. Jerry Samouce

    Yesterday at LLR Cold Toes event!

    Me and my posse kicking it Rev War old school... with Lafayette Long Rifles here in North Carolina!
  17. Jerry Samouce

    My first Powder Horn - The full Tour

    I am pretty much finished with My first full scale powder horn! Check it out this cool video of it!
  18. Jerry Samouce

    My first powder horn etching work...

    I also etched a smaller powder horn for my FL pistol.
  19. Jerry Samouce

    My 7 Years War, S.W. NC. near Whiteside Mountain, Scottish Regalia & Jim Chamber's place

    These where taken this weekend in Asheville NC at their Botanical Garden. The day before I was picking out my Rifle kit at Jim Chambers Rifles. I chose the Mark Silver Virginia rifle with the swamp barrel, and English lock. (below photo) The rest of these are Consignment Rifles they are...
  20. Jerry Samouce

    WANTED Rifleman's hunting frock???

    I am looking for a rifleman's hunting frock. XXL Something that would have been worn by some of Morgan's Riflemen... I dont mind if it is a bit worn, as long as it was originally quality made. Preferably dark tan, brown...
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