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$13 Shipped. Both very good condition. Paypal or personal check, shipped once cleared.

$35 shipped. Thoughts on the American Flintlock Pistol. I would rate it Good+. Paypal or personal check, shipped when cleared.

I like using the hand knapped flints vs the saw cut flints. I usually order mine from Judith at http://www.heritage-products.com/. Great folks to deal with and good pricing.

Couple more pics including pouch made by Rocklocks Only here on the forum.

Made this powderhorn. Strap is from forum member Cutfingers. Made the horn rustic, left file marks in it. Walnut plug and stopper. Hand forged staple. Handmade walnut nails for plug.

That's pretty much the technique I use as well except I probably don't switch sides that often. I will give that a try, thanks for the advice. I just ordered a feather file made for Japanese saw sharpening. Will see what I can do for sharpening. Does not appear to be a replacement blade...

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It is actually a 2 sided blade, 1 side for rip, other for crosscut.

Good point, a skill I have not yet acquired. I bought the ryoba from Lee Valley as well so assumed it was good and sharp but could be wrong.

I think @Phil Coffins has the right idea. Get the plate and bolster squared away and go from there. Adding one part at a time will let you know right away when you have a problem. Too many parts could be interfering causing you to think there is a problem somewhere there may not be. Right now...

This is Fiebings light brown dye on walnut.

I think I would stone the lock bolster/pan/frizzen instead of rounding a barrel corner. Have you checked the bolster to be sure it is dead flat? Has the barrel been draw filed smooth yet?

That is what I think is happening also, the blade kind of bows from deflection, gets to cutting off track, and hard to correct. What kind of saw is your western style? I'm not so much worried about slow, otherwise I'd just get a bandsaw like mentioned above, but the tracking is getting frustrating.

I've been looking for a used saw,but I do like doing as much by hand as possible.

I've been using a Japanese Ryoba saw for ripping the excess wood from blanks. It takes me forever and I am constantly fighting the saw to keep it tracking. I'm no expert on saws but I think the thin blade is part of the tracking problem. Was looking at getting a more traditional style rip...

Would like to get a sash. Would prefer wool and handmade. Let me know if you'd like to part with one. Thanks

Have a helper with you when you shoot to either prime the pan , or not. Then hand you the rifle, you'll know soon enough if you flinch or not. Could also have someone video you while you shoot and review the film. I've found with flintlocks continuous practice is needed. If I dont shoot for a...

Very nice work. Are you self taught or did you take a class on how to do this?

I was told to get the circumference take the inside diameter of your pipe and multiply times Pi. so 7/16 x 3.14159 would equal 1.374.Then whatever you need for tabs. Haven't used this yet but it was taught to me in a class for figuring the ramrod pipes. Hope this helps. I have a diagram for 7/16...

Thanks for the sites.