Appropriate carving for a Woodsrunner era Kibler kit?

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Hello All,
As I wait for my Kibler Woodsrunner kit, I am interested to learn what sort of carving is appropriate to that era?
I’d like to teach myself to do it if not on this rifle then the next one. I would just want the carving to be somewhere in the right timeframe for the gun.
Where might I find photos or reference to see period correct carvings?
Would wire inlay have existed at that time?
Thanks for any advice on where to start this learning curve.
 
Ethan Yazel (“I Love Muzzleloading.com“) did a very good job on his Woodsrunner (which was his first attempt at it!). It has a wonderful warm and original feel to it that I would love to emulate. I’m sharing photos which he posted in the ALR Forum.
 

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KH said:
Hello All,
As I wait for my Kibler Woodsrunner kit, I am interested to learn what sort of carving is appropriate to that era?
I’d like to teach myself to do it if not on this rifle then the next one. I would just want the carving to be somewhere in the right timeframe for the gun.
Where might I find photos or reference to see period correct carvings?
Would wire inlay have existed at that time?
Thanks for any advice on where to start this learning curve.
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Have you seen the carving on the original Woodsrunner?
 
PathfinderNC said:
Ethan Yazel (“I Love Muzzleloading.com“) did a very good job on his Woodsrunner (which was his first attempt at it!). It has a wonderful warm and original feel to it that I would love to emulate. I’m sharing photos which he posted in the ALR Forum.
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Wow, impressive for a first attempt I’d say. I like the simple, subtle look and the use of dots /dashes her and there.
 
I intended to carve a few of my rifles until I got out some maple boards to practice my carving on, it quickly became obvious that I had no business messing up a perfectly good rifle with feeble attempts at carving. I decided my plain rifles were a step up from anything I would try to put carving on.

Practice a lot before you touch your Kibler with any carving tools.
 
Absolutely agree with you, Eric, about practicing before messing up a beautiful piece of wood. I am a perfectionist and tend to not “pull the trigger” so to speak, on anything until I feel 100 percent confident in what I’m about to do. Sometimes I feel it’s a curse because I have to research things to death before I jump in.
 
Get a scrapbook and a stack of pencils. Draw. Draw, draw, and draw. C's, S's, circles, organic shapes, and lines. Draw till you are sick of drawing. And then draw more. And study older muzzleloaders in books. You want to be able to perfectly draw those shapes.

Get a practice stock. Kibler sells one. Maybe others do. Draw your shapes on it. You can erase and draw again. Then start learning to sharpen your chisels. Keeping practicing at that until they are scary sharp. Start carving.

There are some classes, and videos. Those will help.
 
I looked up as many photos of originals as I could before deciding what I wanted. I also got together a number of good quality carving tools. I started practicing on some scraps with a couple of basic tools and added different once I figured out what I was trying to accomplish. It helped me build confidence completing an old T/C kit that cost $250 before cutting into the Woodsrunner.
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JohnBHM said:
I looked up as many photos of originals as I could before deciding what I wanted. I also got together a number of good quality carving tools. I started practicing on some scraps with a couple of basic tools and added different once I figured out what I was trying to accomplish. It helped me build confidence completing an old T/C kit that cost $250 before cutting into the Woodsrunner.View attachment 360882View attachment 360883View attachment 360884View attachment 360885View attachment 360887View attachment 360888View attachment 360889
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Man, that turned out really well. Nicely done. I like the subtle work on the patch box lid too.
 
PathfinderNC said:
Ethan Yazel (“I Love Muzzleloading.com“) did a very good job on his Woodsrunner (which was his first attempt at it!). It has a wonderful warm and original feel to it that I would love to emulate. I’m sharing photos which he posted in the ALR Forum.
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Ethan also did about an hour long video on carving that Woodsrunner for a friend.
 
Woods Runner with what is close to what the original has for carving.
 

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