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    How do we?

    There was the Fes Parker stuff for sure... and all the fervor in the years preceeding the Bi-Centenial....and every town in our county seemed to be having its Centennial celebrations for that whole decade ... everybody was draggin out stuff from "back in the day"... that really pumped a kid up...
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    rifleman knife and powder mesure

    Nifeman..."tres bien"....will you hang the measure on your shootin' bag with a lanyard or does it tuck inside....? Talbert
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    Spontoon axes

    This pic. isnt great, but heres the sheath I want to pair the spontoon with... Talbert
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    Spontoon axes

    I agree 100% about the source documentation... I was basing my statements on the Crow usage being rather late on "Collins"... he has a section on hand held weapons in one of his N/A publications...it has a painting of what is captioned as a "Crow" Indian with a bowlless spontoon to illustrate...
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    F+I era style horn

    Tom...thanks feed back... The horn I was refering to with the wire hanger was definately an ornate piece from the mid~late 18th century...I remember thinking at the time that the wire must have been added as a very old repair after the more traditional lobes had been broken or otherwise...
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    Drinking Horn

    Horn cups were fitted with a chimned in bottom... the flat horn disc bottom was popped into a small groove cut into the bottom rim of the horn...like on a coopered barrel....if done well, I dont think any kind of sealer was used at all, they were water tight as made.... IMOH....Talbert
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    F+I era style horn

    Lhunter...yes I have done very many horns... I carved in the "Tansel" style for a long time.. Still do sometimes...good raw horns are getting pretty scarce these days...I have 5 or 6 dozen plain raw ones squirreled away...but only half a dozen or so good white ones, so I think my scrimshaw...
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    F+I era style horn

    Yes Plumebleu..thats a gator...or "croc" I think Jacob Gay called it...would imply the salt water kind??? Tom..the 2 holes in the base of your horn...could a wire pass through them?...I have seen strap attachments of a bent wire passing through two such holes in the horn/plug base... The ends...
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    F+I era style horn

    I dont think its a jack-alope... just the way Jacob Gay drew and carved his charactures....I tried to ape his style as close as I could.. Talbert
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    F+I era style horn

    strap is made of blue + white houndstooth fabric. Its heavy cotton and very old...was balled up for use in braided rugs...maybe not the best choice for a strap, as its not adjustable...but I like the old fabric .... Thanks for the compliments.. Talbert
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    Hawk Head Slippin

    Soaking the head in water crushes the wood fibers...compacting them...and when it dries out the head is looser than ever....you need to wedge it...(its not a taper fit that slides on from the bottom is it??? but a poll ax with a tear drop eye...) sorry... Talbert
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    F+I era style horn

    Heres a horn I did recently heavily influenced by Jacob Gays work from the mid 18th century... I especially liked the Australian "man eatter" ....always wondered how they knew that even existed back then...they are extinct now.. (sorry for the poor photo quality) Talbert
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    hunting bag sheen

    vegetable tan ages well with lye...(easy off oven cleaner) you gotta rinse well after application to neutralize...better practise on scraps first...but this way works very well... Talbert
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    Spontoon axes

    I ask because I just cobbled up a smallish bowlless round-eyed iron job on the forge Sunday, and wondered how to decorate it... Plains style , Crow especially would perfectly match a flat bottom sheath I made over the wintwr....any opinions on how I should go...(could I get away with late...
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    Powder horn base plug; Staple vs. wooden peg

    I have seen and handled a fair share of old horns and that wooden "peg" is usually a turned extension of the plug itself...if Im imagining what you are refering to correctly... Turning a peg is easy "if" you are lathe turning the plug...which implies you are molding the horn base round...
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    Spontoon axes

    Thanks ... These are hard to pin down...especially the bowl-less variety...I found referances that this style was favored by the "Crow" Indians into the early 20th century... Its reguarded as a "French" pattern... by collectors, was just wondering about the full evolution and development of...
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    Scottish musket, what time period would be PC?

    THe Highlanders at least were supplied with an assortment of French muskets as well I think...I dont know if a true "scottish" longarm style was ever developed...unlike the steel pistols... but I think most scottish long arms were for militaristic use...and aquired as surplus depending on who...
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    measuring shot

    I am maybe wrong here... but if you measure your shot in the same measure you measure your powder in.. using the same "volume" for each...it works out pretty good... Talbert
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    Spontoon axes

    Question... How early are "spontoon axes"... just the simple ax style with the curley-Qs but no pipe bowl... Any documentation for the earliest dates would be appreciated... (pre 18th century if extant?) Thanks alot... Talbert
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    tomahawk

    If you accept that spike hawks were decendents of "boarding axes"...the spike was used as a boarding and rigging hook and to dig hot cannon balls out of decking...(on boarding axes) on a land locked "spike ax"...was as stated a simple weapon...one that cut both ways...ouch.. Talbert
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