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Ordered 4 cases today - two in custom lengths.

Tentsmiths has a new owner - hopefully they will keep the quality up to the former owners standards.

Anyone who is really good at a given skill generally makes it look easier than it really is.

I have seen a letter in the RN museum at Portsmouth wherein a Captain newly appointed to take command of a RN ship wrote to the ship's officers, outlining things he expected to be done prior to his arrival several weeks in the future. Re the ship's Gunner, he was to make up (I cannot recall...

Common in Royal Navy and artillery units.

Depends. On modern guns, no carving; if carried in the field, plain wood, if used at the range, fancy wood is fine. For flintlocks, the amount of carving should be typical for the period & type of gun.

How about using the green one to make leggings? Should be enough for several pairs - you could keep one pair & sell/barter the rest.

According to Clay Smith, (retired Williamsburg gunsmith), octagon to round is found on both rifle and smooth barrels. I have certainly see it on many original smooth bores.

At least Tentsmiths found a buyer

I use a full height school/gym locker. Bought used at an office furniture supply.

Flexible steel guides matching the barrel contour screwed to the stock. Screw holes are cut off when the stock is thinned

Unlike Ebay, the end time of a GB auction is the time set by the seller OR 15 minutes after the last bid, whichever is LATER. I prefer the GB system as it eliminates"sniping" or the use of computer software to get a bid in at (literally) the last second. It is more like an in-person auction...

On the subject of native arrows, in 1962, my father brought back a set of native bow & arrows from the upper Amazon. The arrows were about 40" long. The front 1/2 was something like iron wood & the rear 1/2, cane. Natural feathers & a small unbarbed bone tip that supposedly was dipped in poison.

I went & helped Mrs Coot (Blue Cat Buttonworks) set up & drove 5 hrs home. Sun, drove back to help break down & come home. At 77 with a bad heart, I cannot take 96-98 degree heat. She reports good sales & going to sit in the creek every afrernoon. Hopefully next year will be cooler.

Visited there several years ago. Very worthwhile. There is also a research library devoted to early industry.

Mrs Coot & I plan to be there

Many telescopes intended for astronomical uses invert the image. This can be confusing.

What a great find & a great price! Galbrath was a well known name in line throwing cannon tho most I have seen were bronze. Congratulations!

For whatever reason, there were only 92 vendors (not counting blanket traders or cart peddlers) this year v s the "normal" 110-120 vendors. All of the vendors that I talked to said sales were very strong, it was probably our highest sales event ever. There may be an unfortunate trend setting...

We are Blue Cat Buttonworks - normally set up by the fort wall opposite the fort gate.