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  1. 50cal.cliff

    Best pattern for a throwing knife

    Here is one from Crazy Crow! http://www.crazycrow.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=4926-004-004&Store_Code=CCTP&search=knife&offset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high= He has several others so take a look at his site! Just put in the search box...
  2. 50cal.cliff

    Texas Republican Horn

    Dang Rick, that turned out reaaaally nice! :hatsoff:
  3. 50cal.cliff

    Where to buy elk hide

    Thanks to all who replied. I should have specified that what I needed was vegetable tanned, or brain tanned elk hide! As you may or may not know, Chrome tanned is a :nono: when sheath making for knives. Here is an explanation of the process from Wikepedia! Chrome-tanned leather, invented...
  4. 50cal.cliff

    Where to buy elk hide

    All the Elk migrated out of Fl. a long time ago. I have been told it was sometime after the last ice age and things begin to warm up here! :idunno: :rotf:
  5. 50cal.cliff

    She Ain't No Beauty

    Seriously a photo could help you get a diagnosis and fix for what ails you! I am a woodworker by trade and have run across some unique problems over the years, but without seeing it, :PhotoSmile: I would just be guessing as too a fix! There is nothing more sickening that when you stain...
  6. 50cal.cliff

    Where to buy elk hide

    I am looking to buy an elk hide to do some possibles bags. I think Swampy used to use a lot of elk hides on his bags. Since Swampy doesn't frequent this site anymore, I don't now who to ask. So I am asking does anyone know where to buy good quality elk hide heavy enough to use to make...
  7. 50cal.cliff

    Skinner Express Peep on GPR

    OK I get that it's the rules but as we get older you sometimes have to break the rules! :blah: I was more or less thinking out loud. Here is another thread on the subject of peeps! http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/221892/tp/1/ Necessity is the mother of invention...
  8. 50cal.cliff

    New horn.

    Rick is correct about untreated steel wool. Or you can put it in a fire safe container (steel bucket, outside) pour charcoal starter on it and light it off! Once the fire goes out the protective coating will be burnt off and it is good to go in the vinegar!
  9. 50cal.cliff

    Buffalo Horn

    Are you looking for a finished horn or one in the raw?
  10. 50cal.cliff

    Skinner Express Peep on GPR

    You know and I don't understand why they won't allow such a peep site. At distance of a 100yds. or less I will take you on with what ever sight you choose, and most days I can still keep up with you. Now I don't know how much longer the eyes are going to keep doing that good but right now I...
  11. 50cal.cliff

    Bridger and Two Other Hawkens Velocity Test

    Herb, interesting results and some fine shooting, nice groups no matter how you slice it! Their ain't no deer at that yardage is going to have a chance to complain about the group! :wink: Ain't nothing wrong with your eyesight! :thumbsup:
  12. 50cal.cliff

    Antler handled knife

    I like it! :thumbsup:
  13. 50cal.cliff

    Bee’s Wax Finish

    I used beeswax on a knife handle that was used constantly as a fish cleaning knife. The handle was black walnut. I set the knife handle in a small drink can that had beeswax in it and got it hot enough to make the bees wax liquid. I let the can set on the burner of the stove for about 30...
  14. 50cal.cliff

    Jim Bridger Hawken- my copy

    :hmm:
  15. 50cal.cliff

    Maple Compass

    Real nice I am sure he will treasure that for the rest of his life!
  16. 50cal.cliff

    Jim Bridger Hawken- my copy

    You know I have been trying to figure out how to respond to some of you on this thread for the last couple of days! So far everything I can think to say would end up getting me banned! So I am going to opt for what Momma always said, "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all"...
  17. 50cal.cliff

    Shelf life of goex

    BP, basically has no shelf life unless exposed to moisture and then it can be dried out and I have seen it exposed to high heat and saw no problems after ward! Now that is BP not a sub! Look at it this way they still occasionally discover some left over from the civil war and the powder in it...
  18. 50cal.cliff

    Jim Bridger Hawken- my copy

    Very nice Herb, your work always amazes and intrigues me! :bow: :hatsoff: I like how you did the stock on your copy to match the original! :thumbsup:
  19. 50cal.cliff

    Horn Handled Knife

    OK now that makes sense! My problem was I am thinking cow horn or deer horn and I could not wrap my head around what species grew a horn like that! :rotf: :rotf: Now it makes perfect sense not a domestic breed! :shake: :idunno: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
  20. 50cal.cliff

    Horn Handled Knife

    Puter is acting up got a double post!
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