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  1. Ashton Daniels

    What ML movie should be made now?

    I think there's a lot of potential for a great movie or TV series based on the story of Thomas Isaac Cox. He was a Pennsylvania born American who moved to Louisiana in the 1760s and served in the Spanish Army in Texas, and was believed to have fought apaches with Bernando Galvez. When the...
  2. Ashton Daniels

    Bacon breakfast

    A clip from a historical trek I did this weekend. On the morning we left we had a nice bacon breakfast of which I made this clip from
  3. Ashton Daniels

    Making a hunting sword from a machete

    These are my inspirations for the blade and the hilt. These are originals.
  4. Ashton Daniels

    How old are ya?

    25. I cut teeth on cap and ball revolvers around the time I was 16, then graduated to a traditions kentucky kit, and then went all the way to flintlocks and never looked back.
  5. Ashton Daniels

    Making a hunting sword from a machete

    It is perfectly capable, thank you for your kind input, and I wish you well.
  6. Ashton Daniels

    Lighting a pipe with flint and steel

    I would imagine in the 18th century/ pre match world, that using a pair of ember tongs and getting a coal out of an already lit fire would have been the most practical and popular method, especially in a tavern environment. However I have not researched it well and cannot speak to what was most...
  7. Ashton Daniels

    Lighting a pipe with flint and steel

    Short video I made, in this video I light my pipe with charcloth and flint and steel.
  8. Ashton Daniels

    Making a hunting sword from a machete

    Respectfully, the video is about making a 18th hunting sword/hanger/cutlass from a 16 dollar machete, you simply aren't going to get that distal taper. I can and have forged swords, however, that was not the point of the video. The point of the video was to make one from a cheap machete. Also I...
  9. Ashton Daniels

    Making a hunting sword from a machete

    Not at all, I cut slowly and use water to cool so as to not affect the temper. Two rules of thumb is to not let it be too hot to bare hand touch, or get the steel past a straw color to a plum-blue color from heat.
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    Making a hunting sword from a machete

  11. Ashton Daniels

    18th century Louisiana day journey

  12. Ashton Daniels

    Making a wiping stick from river cane

    Thank you, I appreciate it. Sharp knife is a safe knife!
  13. Ashton Daniels

    Louisiana

    Yep! Trackin the bayou muzzleloaders, I share your event tab on facebook in my 18th century Louisiana reenactors page. Trying to get everyone in the state on the same page for events.
  14. Ashton Daniels

    Louisiana

    Im over by Fort Polk/Leesville area. I made a page for 18th century Louisiana reenactors on facebook as well.
  15. Ashton Daniels

    Making a wiping stick from river cane

    Video from my youtube channel of me making a wiping stick from river cane
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