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  1. M

    Coloring horn questions

    Thanks Rick I'll run by the grocery store an pick up the rit dye after work.
  2. M

    Coloring horn questions

    Making a powder horn for my father for Christmas, I've only done a buff horn at this point, I got a nice white horn from Powderhornsandmore, I'm going to color it with Rit but would like to know what colors you mix to get the golden yellow antique look, or is there a wood stain your using for...
  3. M

    Relief Carving

    Incredible work Wick!!! You don't give yourself enough credit, a true craftsman an artist. Chris
  4. M

    Relief Carving

    Ok, I appreciate the pics my background is ruff like your first pic an was wondering how you get it so smooth in all those delicate little corners, I see you've taken pixie sticks an made little sanding sticks out of them so clears that part up, beautiful work by the way. Thanks.
  5. M

    Relief Carving

    Been trying to do some relief carving an just not working out for me looks very crude, the examples I see the wood is very smooth, mine is very ruff looking just can't get the smooth clean look, I usually don't have a problem when i start some kind of craft like this, but its definitly not easy...
  6. M

    Show us your flintlock squirrel rifles!

    I wish I could show a pic of my squirrle rifle, got to get one first, I'm in the market for 36 cal, been slowly saving my money to buy a kit, I've talked to the fella at Sitting Fox and he's quoted me the best price so far for what I'm wanting, maybe sometime this summer I'll get started on it.
  7. M

    My Powder Horn

    When you say Meers you are talking about the old Meers store, thats all that is there. Yeap still open and still serving the big pieplate burgers, BBQ ain't bad either, had me a burger there a couple of weeks ago.
  8. M

    My Powder Horn

    Trackerjim, I'm in Elgin, just north of Lawton. Thanks for all the comments guys.
  9. M

    My Powder Horn

    thanks, the stopper on it now has a hole drilled through it for the leather dummy cord and the little black ball on the end broke off, so it looks about right now.
  10. M

    My Powder Horn

    Finally got around to taking the final pics of the horn I finished recently, was a buffalo powder horn kit from Crazy Crow, the inside plug is pine, pinned it with the dowel the kit provided then cut the center out with a hole cutter, epoxied the outside piece on then sanded it, drilled and...
  11. M

    Lyman GPR

    I put a kit together last year with CrowKillers help over the phone. I went a little different route as I love the look of a browned barrel, but vinegared the butt plate and trigger guard, polished the forearm cap and frontsite blade,all LMF products, stain is a mixture of cherry and walnut. I...
  12. M

    Wood Carving Kit Wanted

    Looking for a quality beginners woodcarving kit, with quality chisels, Little Shavers had been recommended before but they are all sold out, Santa was going to get me their beginners kit but now not sure where to look, don't want to buy junk, I want a quality chisel set that I can build on...
  13. M

    150-year-old loaded musket

    In the interest of preserving the history of the rifle as that seems to be what your wanting to do and to be safe, pull the load and put all the contents in a small glass vile and display it along side the rifle for what it is.
  14. M

    TVM, Track of the Wolf kit & Sitting Fox

    I just ordered "Recreating the American Longrifle" and got a subscription to Muzzleloader, Cant find "Gunsmith of Grenville County" its out of print.
  15. M

    TVM, Track of the Wolf kit & Sitting Fox

    My plan is to buy a Southern Mountain or PoorBoy quality kit with the lock, trigger and barrell already inletted, I'll just save my money up, I figured Sitting Fox used the same metal parts kits that everyone else sells. Guess not, anyway till I decide on a kit what Shumway and Alexander book...
  16. M

    TVM, Track of the Wolf kit & Sitting Fox

    All true about the cost of mass produced rifles versus the kits, but we got kind of side tracked on that comment, can anyone shed any light on the actuall kits I asked about, also the Petonica kits, I forgot to mention them. Thanks Chris
  17. M

    TVM, Track of the Wolf kit & Sitting Fox

    I've been looking at TVM kits and Track of the Wolf kits and Sitting Fox kits for Souther mtn, poor boys an Tennesse's, Wanting to build myself a 36 or 40 flintlock for plinking, squirrels, turkeys and such, TOTW barrells in the smaller cal. are backordered so no telling when they will have any...
  18. M

    Horn coloring

    I get how your getting the bottom of the horns tan or off white but how are you getting the top parts above the body black or real dark like you are????
  19. M

    Hello from Oklahoma

    Hey Gerald, welcome to a fellow Okie!
  20. M

    mallory squirrel rifle offer. need advice!

    "where does a lad your age get 500 bucks?" Thats what I was wondering, course I wish thats what my son looked for when he had that much money on him!
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