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  1. cornstalk

    FOR SALE 18' Nomadics Tipi for sale

    The tipi is in Slidell, LA. The poles are in Lockhart, TX.
  2. cornstalk

    FOR SALE 18' Nomadics Tipi for sale

    This is a brand new Tipi I purchased back in July of 21. It's never been out of the box. The image shows the receipt and what I paid. The poles are in Texas and as you can see are very expensive to ship. If you want them as well you can have them (maybe rent a U-Haul to pick them up). The price...
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    Hershel House Passed Tonight

    In the mid-70's I got into muzzleloading. Started with a Thompson Center 54 Hawken like a lot of others. I was stationed at Fort Campbell at the time. As my interest in the mountain man grew I wanted a full stock flintlock. So one winter I bought a giant block of walnut, a long 1 1/8" 54 cal...
  4. cornstalk

    Louisiana bayou country

    Welcome from Kenai Alaska and St. Tammany Parish (well in a couple of weeks).
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    Where are you finding these original flintlocks

    A good friend of mine always has something to droll over. And yes I've bought from him. Home
  6. cornstalk

    Indian Beads

    Two other types of beads used in trade were the Chinese padre beads, so named because the California padres adorned their robes with them and used them like currency. And coral beads, in particular red coral from the Mediterranean. This coral was taken accidentally when fishermen’s nets would...
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    HOW RURAL IS RURAL?

    The last frontier and the Louisiana marsh.
  8. cornstalk

    Are Shippers Targeting Guns?

    Currently the answer is yes, at least UPS is. BREAKING: UPS cancelling gun dealers’ accounts, destroying packages in transit | by Lee WilliamsUnited Parcel Service is terminating the accounts of gun dealers across the country. Any packages currently in the UPS system may be “seized and...
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    What rifle is this?

    This belongs to a friend of mine. The only picture I have at the moment. Cap lock but looks like it might have been converted from a flintlock. 45 caliber. It is a full stock, long barrel, with a trigger and set trigger. No patch box. The stock does have a cheek piece and a butt plate. He...
  10. cornstalk

    Question for the "old guys"...Is it just me or are there others?

    The heck with the rest of this thread, this statement is what interests me. The fact that @Snake Pleskin felt it necessary to tell us that he attended something in the same year it happened hints at his ability to time travel. Like he could have attended the 1968 World Championship yesterday...
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    Where do you draw the line?

    @Coinneach very well said. Thanks. I had a similar experience with the men who became my brothers.
  12. cornstalk

    Where do you draw the line?

    My Turn. :-) To @French Colonial original question my answer is one should try to be as HC/PC as possible and reasonable to the time period in question, AND adhering to the rules (if any) set forth by the organizer/organizers. If you don't like the rules don't go. Since my era is the North...
  13. cornstalk

    Where do you draw the line?

    And that my friends is not as far off the actual amount needed as you might think it be.
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    FFFF documented use in the Fur Trade Era? Un-glazed "Rifle Powder"? Is today's powder dirtier?

    @Rock Home Isle graphite is carbon so the question I guess is "is glazed black powder (graphite) dirtier than black powder that isn't glazed (no graphite)"? Or put a different way does graphite burn dirtier than the charcoal used then or now? I'm assuming here that glazing was done with graphite...
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    FFFF documented use in the Fur Trade Era? Un-glazed "Rifle Powder"? Is today's powder dirtier?

    FFFF documented use in the Fur Trade Era? Un-glazed "Rifle Powder"? Is today's powder dirtier? I've been doing research on the history of gun powder during the broader Fur Trade Era. That has spawned a couple of questions. FFFF documented use in the Fur Trade Era? F, FF, and FFF used in...
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