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That’s a beauty!

I really like this knife….too bad it’s Christmas time.

How are the Sitting Fox barrels? I would like to build a 20ga Fowler, but I seem to remember reading that Sitting Fox barrels are not swamped.

I bet it’s supposed to have a reed stem.

My grandma used to make chokecherry jelly. It was quite a treat. She used to also can wild plums and use them for pastries. Morel mushrooms and wild asparagus were a big deal too when I was a kid. And we used to eat a lot of wild mulberries right off the tree, but I don’t recall anyone ever...

Nice work, she has some talent!

The socket idea is brilliant! In the past I’ve used a center punch to raise some metal on the bottom of the dovetail, but this looks a lot easier.

Nice job

Nice job.

I’ll go one better than the Crown Royal bag. Mine are in a Blanton’s bag :) I’ve been thinking of making a new shooting pouch with 3 or so small interior pouches sewn into it, to hold flints. Maybe also a loop or two for a turnscrew and a knapping hammer. Kind of like a flint wallet built...

Most kit makers other than the mass produced ones like Traditions and Pedersoli offer the option to upgrade the wood. I just finished my Kibler Colonial and had him upgrade the stock to extra fancy maple.

Can anyone recommend a book with good pictures of original shooting pouches, especially pre-1800?

I've had very good luck with Lee molds and own maybe 8 or 10 of them. They heat up quickly so you can start casting sooner, they drop bullets easily, and the multi-cavity molds aren't as heavy as an iron mold. Plus, they're cheap 🙂

I cleaned mine up with a file, then Emory cloth and wet/dry sandpaper to 400 grit. I then buffed it with my Dremel and a cloth wheel before finishing with Oxpho Blue.

I hadn’t thought of potassium pergamanate. I’ve used it on wood before and it does darken it nicely.

So here’s the next question…when stored in the rifle, threaded tip in or out?

I used the aquafortis that Kibler sells. No adverse effects that I’ve seen…but it’s only been a couple hours.

I ended up with a nice color on my ramrod using AF. It still seems to flex nicely, but I also applied a coat of Tried & True oil varnish right after blushing so maybe that restored the wood if it got dried out.

Thanks, I’m just going to go with aquafortis all over the entire rod and then oil it.

I’m finishing up my Kibler Colonial rifle and trying to decide what to do with the ramrod. I’m tossing around the idea of a spiral stripe. Would that be correct for a rifle of this type (1760-1770’s Virginia)?