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    Nasty Renegade

    If you dont have an air compresser try a can of dust off for computers works great. I would use tite bond 2 or 3 I use that glue for bows makeing and its tuff and flexable as well as water pruff when dry. Darrel
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    Pedersoli functions check?

    I would tie it down, load it and with a string from behind a tree pull and hope :) Darrel
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    engraved French lock

    Absolutly.....WOW :hatsoff:
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    shorten a barrel?

    Heck Ya thats a great idea ... easyer then cutting the barrel and all that gos with it.
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    A smoke and a chop !

    LOL...ohh please dont do that. and Thanks guys for all the kind responces :hatsoff:
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    shorten a barrel?

    Well it can be done and has been ... I would be real carfull to keep the end of the barrel square and crowning it can be done with a lag bolt chucked in a drill, and some grinding compound and then finer grits of polishing compounds. the trick is to not keep the drill in a strait line with the...
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    War Hawk

    Straite up war hawk! Aquafortis stained Osage Orange hand made handle 22 inchs long, forged from 24 oz ballpeen hammer head, tooling leather wrap with a hole lotta tack work on this one!! A hand made copper cone with a trade beed & horse hair drop......I am Tired !!!! :) Darrel
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    A smoke and a chop !

    Thanks for the kind words, No I dont use any power tools exsept for a drill, just hammers and files. Its a good workout :)
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    A smoke and a chop !

    And yes there was a "sale" on tacks :)
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    A smoke and a chop !

    Forged from a 1 3/4# ballpeen hammer head, a curly white elm handle, buffalo horn tip, white tail deer cleen out plug, tooling leather wrap with lots of brass tacks. and yes its air tite and ready for smokein :) Darrel
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    Some summer hawks

    Thanks Guys, there will more to look at soon. Darrel
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    The knife for the sheath

    You can put them before or after you glue up your handle it will work either way, myself I always put them in when I glue up then the handle dont slide around, and with a good sharp new file work the pins down to the handle and sand smooth.
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    Some summer hawks

    Thank you .... ya kinda work aholic
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    Some summer hawks

    The fisrt one is a rail road spike and curly maple handle, 2nd and 3rd are ball peen hammer heads and the handles are honey locust.
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    Some summer hawks

    You might I dont like AZ dude but I'll send it then I'll send the sope. :)
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    Some summer hawks

    Heres what I been up to for the last two weeks :) Darrel
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    fire pistons

    I've made (way) more then a thousand fire pistons and have tried all types of wood, horn, plastics and metals for them and I have a short list of what is worth using for them Cocobolo, Lignum Vite, any rose wood, ebony, Desert Ironwood, Bubinga, Water Buffalo horn, Antler if its drilled slowly...
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    Hardining a tomahawk

    Do not quench in water!!!! high carbon steels dont like it. Try veg oil or Transmission fluid. Heat to a cherry red and Quench, temper in the oven at 450-500, for an hour. My own tempering method is a bit diferent then I have discribed here but this will work. Darrel
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    Need ideas for a Flintlock primer

    I was at a rondy last year and I got a chance to shoot my gun, I was happy because I normally have to sit at my traders table most of the time. I went to shoot and the officials were hell bent on safety... cool!! I do load my gun from a measure and I do prime my pan from the horn, I have not...
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    Making a pipe tomahawk

    http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=9559&st=0 This might help ya Darrel
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