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    Buckskinner's estate sale

    Those of you that live in southern or central Indiana, theres an estate sale in Fruitdale Indiana Saturday July 25th I'm not affiliated with the seller , don't know him. He had some cool stuff out there: Tomahawks, knives, (Buncha knives) lanterns, a brazier, two canvas tents, one wedge and one...
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    Silver plated knife

    Found a buncha silverware that my grandmother purchased at a yard sale decades ago. Took one of the butter knives and reground it to make a little patch knife. The handle has the filigree and the grape clusters on it, pretty cool lookin. Only thing is I tried to sandblast the silver off so I...
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    walnut staining wool blankets

    Alright fellers I have two five gallon buckets full of walnuts I picked up in October. What do I have to do to dye a couple wool blankets with 'em? Is it as simple as : crush'em , boil 'em ,strain out the bits, and then when its cooled some, put in the blanket? I bought the rit dye today ...
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    Acrylic paint on canvas groundcloth?

    Got some acrylic paint at the recyclin' place last week, brown and some dark gray. I may mix them a bit to get a darker brown. Anyway, what I'm wondering is: does painting canvas make it damp proof enough to keep ground water from soaking through into yer blankets?
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    Kentucky out of stock ,trapper on the way.

    So Oct Co. didn't have the Kentucky kit like I wanted so I ordered the gun they did have a Trad. trapper 50cal in percussion. So what can you knowledgeable fellers tell me about this gun?
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    Traditions Kentucky pistol kit?

    I just ordered a Traditions Kentucky pistol kit from October Country and was wondering, does anyone have any experience with the quality and extent of the inletting they do at the factory? If I need to remove wood from the back of the barrel channel where the back of the breech touches the wood...
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    Pics of wooden chests.

    I made a seat hieght red cedar chest last weekend for storage around the non hiked in camp. It turned out pretty well . It was kinda loosely based on dimensions from a chest lewis and Clark had on the corp of discovery trek. What I'm wanting to do is find some information about actual chests...
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    Canteen wood or gourd???

    I have some gourd canteen seeds on order but they won't be dried and useable 'til this time next year. So I was wondering do any of you fine folks have any experience with wooden canteens? I'm thinkin' 'bout making one but I'm not sure where to start. I haven't actually laid my hands on one...
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    wooden canteens?

    Anyone ever made one? Got any links or ideas where I can find info on one? Thanks.
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    Pics of your knife sheaths???

    Ya know, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery so I'm wondering if some of you folks would mind posting pics of your main skinning/butcher knife sheaths. I've got an old Sheffield butcher knife I'm contemplatin' reworking into an antler handled, oversized skinner/ scalper/fightin' blade...
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    Drying treated canvas?

    I made a diamond fly typa tent thing over the summer and treated it with a 1/2 and 1/2 mineral spirits/ linseed oil mix. That was the middle of October. How long does it take before it dries? Or will it always have that oily feel to it? I had it hanging in the barn but the high winds we'd been...
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    First primitive ML deer...

    Bought a 50 caliber Hatfield caplock last spring and had rung it out enough to get it shooting 2" high at 75 yards, Three shot group about 2" wide. I figgered that'd do for whitetails, wasn't trying for the ultimate in accuracy just wanted to make sure I had a load that'd do the job. I settled...
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    Non-whitney blankets?

    So where can a fella find a wool blanket that'll pass muster pc wise that doesn't cost over 100$? I'd be interested in wool or mostly wool blankets that might not pass muster as well. As long as they were the right color and didn't say "product of romania" or something on them. I can't imagine...
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    2f or 3f?

    I need to know which kind is better for a 50 caliber Hatfield rifle.Or does it matter?
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    Drum inside barrel?

    I don't know the terminology yet but it seems that a portion of what I think is called the drum is protruding into the barrel of my Hatfield. When I put the rod in all the way down to the breech I can make it stop then drop off to the breech plug. Should I remove it and take a little off? I...
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    Underlugs as hooks?

    I read somewhere on this site that a guy was thinking about cutting the back part of his underlugs off so they would slide in under the pins in the stock.I assume he was gonna do it to make it easier to disassemble for cleaning. Has anyone actually done this or was that feller some kinda mad...
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    Pinning Barrel?

    Got a Hatfield last weekend and to make a long story short; the barrel needs to be pinned to the stock. The reason being they used the rod pipes as washers to hold the barrel to the stock. Some of you I'm sure are familiar with their technique. Any way its a fine way to hold the ramrod pipes on...
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    Hatfield 50 caliber rifle

    I bought one today in Looee-ville. I was the only on in the whole place that let out a war whoop when I bought a gun! It was a long time a coming fer certain, lotsa ricks of wood sold for the cash to make the purchase.I sure made folks uneasy with all the whoopin so I had to tone it down some...
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    Kentucky Gun show, 3100 tables!

    Anyone been to this shindig before? I was planning on going and wondered if they would have lotsa MLers to look over. By the way its this weekend 23rd and 24th at the Louisville expo thingy. I guess its where they have the state fair.
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    Friendship Fall rondayvoo

    Me and a buddy are planning on headin down to Friendship to the BP get together thats goin' on this week. Just had a few questions for some of you that have been there before. Will there be alot of used MLs for sale? I've got around 300 bucks stashed away for a rifle. Its gonna have to be a...
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