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    Dutch Oven tamales

    Going out to the desert on the border in a month or so. Primitive camping back of beyond. Yee Haw :thumbsup: Well I got thinking about some new thing to cook. Chili is okay but then thought about tamales. They're wrapped up in cornhusks so no plate needed and you can toss the husk in the...
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    Nickel Plating

    Any one know of any reliable outfits that do nickel plating for a reasonable cost?
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    Narrowing field?

    Maybe it's me but it seems like years ago there was a wider variety of muzzle loading arms available to buy than today. Military type single shot pistols, military muskets, odd ball types, derringers. etc. Has anyone else noticed this?
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    Cheap Flintlocks work?

    There are some of the lower end kits available in cap or flint. How well do the flintlocks operate?
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    Naval Cannons

    I never noticed it before but some of the cannons on ships were quite a bit different, some have a loop of metal, integral, on top through which a rope is strung. It seems the smaller cannons were on the top deck while the larger below. Some of the naval weapons are of interest to me. Years...
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    non typical pistols

    Anyone shoot Derringers, box locks, etc. Just wondering.
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    Dry Yeast/Bannock

    I'm currently reading LeConte's "Rambling" which covers an 1870 trip to Yosemite. In this book he mentions cooking bannock and using dry yeast. I realize this is 30 years past the Pre-1840 time but it is one of the earliest references I've read about cooking bannock in a frying pan propped up...
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    shotgun bead

    I know that trade guns had a turtle type- solder on front sight. Today on a single plain barrel most beads have a thread but the taps seem too precise for earlier times. Were beads used and how were they installed on fowlers, etc.?
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    Mid Atlantic

    This late spring I'll be going South to North through Tidewater VA Baltimore, etc. I thought I'd see Ft. McHenry- any other "must sees" that pertain to early American history?
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    Cannon events in Florida

    Any one know of any cannon events around Florida open to the public?
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    Make a percussion drum

    On a lot of original percussion rifles the drum did not have a clean out screw. Instead the outside end was squared so a wrench could be used to install it. I am wondering how the procedure went. Was a rod of steel/iron cut to length, threaded at one end and that end bored lengthwise and the...
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    Thanksgiving

    I'm thinking of a more period type Thanksgiving. Roast Turkey, pumpkin pie, but maybe succotash and such. I was told as a child that the NDN's showed the pilgrims how to make popcorn but now I think it was likely parched corn. I suppose oysters might have been available.
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    Folding Knife ideas?

    I have usually made fixed blade knives but now have got into folders. First were penny knives and friction folders because I didn't have to mess with a spring. Then a Spanish lock with the dorsal spring top. Now doing spring backs. I have used Smith's 1816 key and did a lock back with thumb...
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    Leather Canteen

    I just got back from a California trip. I visited several missions. The Mission in San Diego had a leather canteen. It looked like a round circle folded in half- so a half moon shape and one corner was formed into a spout with a cork stopper. I asked the curator who thought it might be a...
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    Hawken Build

    It is commonly said that building a Hawken is more complicated than supposed. What exactly are the complicated aspects? Thanks.
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    Bannock 1832

    I am reading Washington Irving's "A Tour of the Prairies" of 1832. He went into what is today Oklahoma and along with some old trappers. Bean- whose outfit later went to the Rockies was among the crew. In any event there is a description of flour mixed with water into a paste and either fried...
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    Irish Soda Bread

    Well, it's St. Patrick's Day and I got thinking if Irish Soda bread can be baked in a Dutch Oven set on a campfire? Now a days everything is overly complicated but I think soda bread can be made without buttermilk. So, flour, baking soda, baking powder, dried milk, salt, some lard/Crisco for...
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    Hoe Cakes

    I've about given up on bannock- stuff never rises- always burns. I tried hoe cakes the other day- half corn meal and half flour and they came out pretty darn good. Any idea on if they were made by Long Hunters, etc? Any original recipes? I used a thin frying pan instead of a hoe. Sort of...
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    Knife heat treatment

    I know 440C isn't PC but I use it because it is easy to work. In any event, I am confused about double drawn tempers and also sub-zero quenches. Are these treatments suitable for 440C or were they intended for other type steels? This is for a PC folding knife I copied from the Smith's Key...
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    tinder box

    I am now reading 20 years before the mast by Charles Erskine. Obviously he sort of stole the title from Dana. Any how he speaks about using a flint and steel and driving the sparks down into the tinder box. I have now come across this several times. I think there is one account of a mountain...
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