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  1. K

    Throwing a tomahawk.

    Kentucky, do you throw your knives by the blade or by the handle? If you throw them by the blade then you need to change and throw by the handle. Thanks much for the measurements Bull. I've been throwing knives off and on for around 30 years. Mostly off. When I started I used the modern...
  2. K

    Throwing a tomahawk.

    Bull it's hard to see anything with a picture. Why don't you go ahead and mail me that knife as a gift and you can get another one? Yes? No? It looks like the rivets are set pretty deep. How many layers of leather do you use on each side? I really like the shape of the blade. Would you mind...
  3. K

    Throwing a tomahawk.

    Bull would you mind telling me how you do that? Thanks
  4. K

    Throwing a tomahawk.

    Thank you Bill. It's definitely a forged head. I can see the hammer marks. It kind of adds some class to it. It looks well made and does sharpen easily with a file. Monarch after I've thrown awhile my arm starts hurting. It doesn't take long, arthritis, so I probably throw like a girl too. I...
  5. K

    Throwing a tomahawk.

    Good advice Len. Thanks. I started at 7 steps and found that too far. I worked down 1/2 steps to 5 1/2 steps and began sticking the hawk almost every time. It's not so difficult once you figure out your rotation. I would assume the handle length makes a big difference? It's hard on an arm to...
  6. K

    Throwing a tomahawk.

    I bought a used tomahawk, my first, and it has 3J stamped into it. 3J? I throw knives fairly well but throwing this is a different thing all together. Any suggestions?
  7. K

    Old time smoke house

    What I'd like to do is cold smoke. With a small fire in a building, sealed pretty well but with ventilation, you can keep your fire going all the time. From what I can gather from the older folks around here, you smoke the meat for about two weeks, originally I thought it was about three days...
  8. K

    Old time smoke house

    I'm interested in building an old time smokehouse. I'd guess that many old timers, trappers, mountain men, who built huts or cabins had smokehouses. This is what I was told buy an old Texan, former Kentuckian on building a smokehouse. He said on their farm the smokehouse was about 8'x8' with...
  9. K

    ROSCO hand gun help please

    Thanks Spence and Zonie for the information. I have no way of putting a picture on here or I would. They look old but I'm not sure if they are replicas or originals because of the finish and wear. Some people are pretty good at refinishing newer guns to look old. I too, am not sure how long...
  10. K

    ROSCO hand gun help please

    I picked up a pair of ROSCO Mod 3 cal 12m/m muzzle loading cap and ball pistols. The markings show Madison Import Corp, Made in Spain, 10.8 H1 700 KGS. I believe the 10.8 stands for barrel length. These are smooth bore pistols. I'm not sure what standard caliber is equal to 12m/m. That and any...
  11. K

    how far do you go in this fiasco

    That's a good way to garden Rick. We used to garden 15 acres of our land with family. Di it for years. I'll admit I did most of the breaking, discing, and long row plating with tractors, but they helped with gas and did allot of howing and short row planting and cultivating. Big variety of...
  12. K

    how far do you go in this fiasco

    Good for you Robert. Five years? You've made it. Most give up and sell out in the second year. When people make it about 4 years they'll probably stay. I used to train horses and mules to the sled. We used them for buggy and plow. Nothing like a good garden mule. I had one mule that I was crazy...
  13. K

    how far do you go in this fiasco

    I grew up in a BIG garden family. If we hadn't had the gardens we likely wouldn't have made it. We canned, cooked, smoked. We lived on no other meat one winter except Cotton Tail Rabbit. No money. No choice. You can cook a rabbit allot of different ways. After I grew up and moved away I farmed...
  14. K

    hard tack shelf life

    A friend and I ate some dipped and softened in coffee. Very filling. He tried it with cold milk and it took longer to soften. I think it works better when eaten with a hot drink. I gave some to a couple other friends. One dipped his in hot chocolate and liked it, but said it is real filling and...
  15. K

    hard tack shelf life

    I think ships bread and hard tack are the same thing, just have different names. One site I found shows the different names that hard tack has been called. hard tack pilot bread ship's bread sea biscuit sea bread dog biscuit tooth dullers sheet iron molar breakers There allot of names, there are...
  16. K

    hard tack shelf life

    I won't be here in 50 years anyway so that length time doesn't really matter. I would think the original recepi lasts so long because of the salt. Not sure what affect the sugar and cinnamon have. I did set some of each batch aside and will check it periodically. As long as it's not allowed to...
  17. K

    hard tack shelf life

    I just finished my first batch of hard tack. I used a very simple Civil War recipe that I found on the net. There are so many recipes that you just have to pick one that you like. I decided to use this one because most Civil War soldiers didn't have yeast, milk, baking soda, and the other items...
  18. K

    Advice on Squirrel/Turkey Rifle

    texcl, what, if any, name brand is your 34cal? Is this a new or old original gun? Can you post a pic? I look for original ml's that are "off" size at guns shows and so far I've found 26, 27, 28, 29, and 31, and 32 cal rifles. Never a 34. Not being a history or ml expert, I'd guess most of the...
  19. K

    Advice on Squirrel/Turkey Rifle

    I don't know much about fowlers, they could be fun. A 36cal will do the job. Your states minimum caliber size could be a major factor on which gun you choose. I've never shot a turkey with my 32cal. It kills coyotes and pigs dead so it should have no problem on a bird. My 32 is an inexpensive...
  20. K

    How many days can you gun hunt big game?

    Considering hogs will make you or your dogs life pretty miseable if you get caught up in the wrong situation, I'd definitely count wild hogs as BIG GAME. I was rammed in the side of the leg several years ago and nocked off an 8ft. creek bank. New Years day 1992 we spent the better part of the...
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