What a hoot it would be...

[sussexmuzllodr]

To have a show like America,s Got Flintlocks. Where the most Talented Builders would compete over several weeks. Now that,s a show I would never miss!!!!

 

[alcessapiens]

To have a show like America,s Got Flintlocks. Where the most Talented Builders would compete over several weeks. Now that,s a show I would never miss!!!!

Oh, hell yes!

 

[64Springer]

Naked and Afraid-Flintlock Edition.

or

Buck Naked Builds.

 

[alcessapiens]

Survivor: matchlocks in paradise

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

I mean we have put up with Oak Island for how many Years? At least with this we would see some of the finest Flintlocks ever produced in these modern times....wood would be limited to the stock building.....

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Survivor: matchlocks in paradise

You lost the challenge...Im taking your Flint....HAHAHAHAHAH!

 

[alcessapiens]

You lost the challenge...Im taking your Flint....HAHAHAHAHAH!

First challenge: three shots in heavy rain.

 

[user 31232]

It could possibly be a show about percussions then you'd see all the nipples you wanted!

 

[64Springer]

Would need to be a prime time show if Buck Naked Builders are going to buff their wood and polish their barrels on TV.

 

[Sparkplug]

Something like forged in fire would be cool!

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

First challenge: three shots in heavy rain.

That would depend on whom found the coveted cows knee...

 

[bluemule66]

I don't think anyone would like to watch an old naked guy standing around working on his wood...

 

[64Springer]

I don't think anyone would like to watch an old naked guy standing around working on his wood...

You could be right.

How about Flintlock Farmgirls.

 

[Kowalsk1]

I don't think anyone would like to watch an old naked guy standing around working on his wood...

Roger that

 

[mushka]

Demented.......the board is demented.

 

[Eric Krewson]

I am probably the only person out there that doesn't like the Forged in Fire show. They take good blade smiths, put them in a pressure cooker timed event where they rush their work, make mistake after mistake to the point that their finished product sometimes looks very amateurish.

I posted my opinion on another board and got flamed for even suggesting that the show ran contrary to what a true craftsman is all about, which isn't about the speed of production.

Whether I am making a bow or flintlock, if I get in a hurry BAD things happen.

 

[ord sgt]

Whether I am making a bow or flintlock, if I get in a hurry BAD things happen.

Oh boy, I know that feeling all too well. Once something bad happens, I will stay away from the project for a week, sometimes two weeks, until my anger has diminished. Then I will return and fix whatever went wrong.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

I am probably the only person out there that doesn't like the Forged in Fire show. They take good blade smiths, put them in a pressure cooker timed event where they rush their work, make mistake after mistake to the point that their finished product sometimes looks very amateurish.

I posted my opinion on another board and got flamed for even suggesting that the show ran contrary to what a true craftsman is all about, which isn't about the speed of production.

Whether I am making a bow or flintlock, if I get in a hurry BAD things happen.

Eric, All kidding aside my Nephew won in the show twice. He went on to become a great knife maker and has an established Business in Industry City in Brooklyn N.Y.. he thinks that he came out ahead because he kept his cool under pressure and for the most part gave him the Win(s). he was into this from the time he was a kid well before it became popular on T,V. The pictured knife was a thank you from him to me for my involvement in his early days. I think you are correct that producers crank up the pressure.

 

[TobJohn]

The great part of competition shows, particularly cooking, is that they show how to innovate under pressure and display how important basic concepts are. A potentially interesting way to have a show would be to give smiths new challenges that they may be less familiar with. If a group of competitors that are experienced at forging flintlocks have to make a miquelet lock for the first time, it can show how to use existing skills and knowledge in a new situation (though this example is not that different). This helps to engage the audience because they can feel like they are learning right along with the competitors.

I’ve never seen forged in fire (it’s on my list) so apologies if this is how they do it.

 

[ormond tony]

You could be right.

How about Flintlock Farmgirls.

My wife objects unless there's flintlock boys.