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    Showing off my new ensemble

    Greetings! Yep! Just showing off my newly reworked threads to those who actually understand why I would be enthusiastic about clothes that went out of style over 250 years ago. It's a good thing that I don't wear this stuff every day. The ladies simply would not be able to handle my levels of...
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    Rope!

    Hello everyone. I've always had a hard time finding good rope and smaller fibrous cordage to use on various projects. All the stores seem to sell the same coarse sisal, cotton, and synthetics. All of it is either too thick, too stiff or simply has the wrong look altogether. Some months ago I...
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    A different kind of knife

    After seeing a weird knife like this in an old sporran making video,I decided that I "need" one of my own to use for a sword scabbard project. http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0958&fb_source=message (skip ahead to :48 to see the knife in use) I saw one for sale in the local leather store which...
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    ecently completed horn/bag/knife set-Opinions please

    Hello everyone. I set out to make this setup to be a somewhat generic late 18th/early 19th century style, while attempting to be as accurate as I could be with what materials I had to work with. I haven't hammered out the fine details of my persona, but the broad strokes are that I am...
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    Recycled shooting bag project

    Hello! I recently found a lost project which I am attempting to finish. What makes it a bit different from others, is that I am recycling an old leather shooting bag, and "possibles" pouch of nearly identical pattern, made when I was around 19 or 20. I used them both quite a bit when teaching...
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    stitching "pony"

    Hey all! I didn't know these existed until very recently, until I saw a leather worker using one in a You Tube tutorial. Apparently they've been (in one form or another) a standard leather working tool for centuries I did a little online research and thought that if you have a portable wooden...
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    Hand forging gun locks

    Hello everyone! I was wondering if anyone knew a source of online, or printed information regarding the manufacture of gun locks in a blacksmith forge. Internet searches on this site, and others has produced little info of value. Even though it's not of my particular interest time-wise, I...
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    Old treadle powered grinding wheels

    Hello again! Not quite sure if this is the right sub-forum, but suppose it's close enough. I have been looking around on the net for one of these old grind stones to use as a cooler, more controlled method to do finish work and sharpen my forged blades and other edged tools. I know that more...
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    Stinky antler problem

    Hello I've been doing a lot of work with knives recently, and have cut some antler pieces to use as handles. For those antler handle knives that have a stick tang, I drill a pilot hole lengthwise down the center and soak it in water for a few days to soften them up. This has 2 advantages: It...
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    Another guy showing off the knives he made :-)

    Hello again :-) In my opinion these knives look rather crude and amateurish compared to the really great work I see the rest of you guys churning out.... These however are among my personal best to date. I was going for a style that is roughly appropriate for the French & Indian and Rev War...
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    Deadliest Warrior-Washington vs. Napoleon

    Hey all I don't know if many of you are familiar with this show, but I caught this episode last night. http://www.spike.com/video-clips/j6k6y9/deadliest-warrior-act-i-george-washington-vs-napoleon-bonaparte I was pleased to see a lot of muzzle loading action without all the so-called...
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    Ohh boy.....seeing this almost ruined my day!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDUhVuTaA10&feature=share Yeah.....Im ashamed to admit that I know some of these people. The only one of them I call a friend is the big scottish guy wearing the blue bonnet. He got his musket off on the 2nd try :-) And to think that while attending this event...
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    Bleaching darker cow horns

    Hey all I have some very nice large double twist horns....The only problem is that they are a darkish mottled gray color. Has anyone successfully bleached/lightened the color of horns before?
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    Colonial buckle shoes

    Hey There's no way anytime soon that I'm going to be able to afford proper colonial shoes. After looking at these pictures, they do look challenging, but not impossible. http://www.fugawee.com/Coloneal/Ligonier_Rough/Ligonier_R_RSfrontangle.htm Has anyone tried making them on their own...
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    Hudson Bay Camp knife

    Ha....one of these days very soon, I need to post pics of knives I've actually finished, not these "in the works" photos :-) Here is my very first attempt at a HBC Camp knife, and I was hoping for some feedback from the forum. You guys have been immensely helpful in the past with comments and...
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    Forrest Bowie copies

    Hello everyone I figured I would share some photos of these ridiculously large knives I am forging. I have always loved the designs of the very first simplistic Bowie knives from the 1820's/30's, and set out to do my best at forging some blades inspired by the earliest models. The original...
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    Refitting Indian Bess bayonets

    Hello everyone I got one of those Brown Bess bayonets from TOTW a while ago.....Yes they're cheap, but it's not like I'm actually going to use it for combat...
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    Basic Blacksmithing book online

    Hey all I found this book online and figured I would pass it along as I think it's a very good book that uses a very simple and effective approach to beginning blacksmithing. http://ftpforge.chez-alice.fr/Blacksmithing.pdf Most of the blacksmith books that I have looked at almost requires you...
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    Ft Vancouver Brigade encampment

    Hey all I just checked the Ft Vancouver website and saw that the annual Brigade encampment is set to happen on June 20-21st I remember going to this event as a kid back around '87 or '88 and remember that it was a much larger more Rendezvous type event. Now I go there and it's usually just a...
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    Projects from my Blacksmithing class

    Hey all It turns out that a local community college offers a traditional iron working class, and I so happen to have an educational award that needs to be used up before it expires. I'm sure you guys can figure out the rest :grin: Anyways, the shop is equipped with 4 little Harbor Freight...
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