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  1. codymobley

    Making your own shoes?

    I make my own straight lasts and use originals for the smaller shoes I make (I wear a 13 1/2 US boot). There is nothing difficult about making shoes....it's just tedious work. Here are some ca. 1810 hessian boots I wrapped up recently and a common shoe I made for my wife this past weekend...
  2. codymobley

    Drilling for a bolster

    I'm in the process of converting 4 m1835/40 Springfield repro flintlocks to percussion using the Nippes Maynard tape primer conversion. These conversions were used at the historic site I curate during 1852-54 and we would like to use them in our interpretive programs onsite. I've...
  3. codymobley

    Davy Crockett Folder

    Just a caveat about the San Jac museum: A lot of the items there are lacking actual provenance. I've had a couple of friends who have worked there and due to items being donated by wealthy donors they 'felt' like the items should be described as the donors called them. Hence why Sherman's...
  4. codymobley

    1830s centerseam sheath for Black no.1 Bowie

    One of my friends was needing a period correct sheath for their Black no.1 Bowie knife. This is what I came up with: glazed kidskin over shellac'd pasteboard with German silver fittings. It was the first button I have attempted and I'm happy with the results.....going to change the...
  5. codymobley

    1840s/50s Buckskin coat

    I made this muledeer brain tanned coat based off of several images from the 1840s and early 50s of Texans, New Mexicans, and even a Californian to get a style suitable for South West events of the period. The body is cut on the square like a shirt and tied at the front with thongs with silver...
  6. codymobley

    Buckskin Coat

    Those fancier ones are Metis style and not appropriate if you're wanting to do Texas in the antebellum era. All of the ones I've looked at in Santa Fe and made for programs here in Texas are made basically 'on the square'(in shirt terms). THe body is a rectangle and the sleeves are rectangles...
  7. codymobley

    New knife

    Blade width 1" with an overall length of the knife at 11 3/4". The guard looks a little oversized, but the downward curve of the guard fits my hand well with 1/8"+ space between my knuckle and the guard. Tool steel blade with jigged bone handle pinned on with iron pins and an iron guard...
  8. codymobley

    Shooting Bag Contents?

    I've got the bare minimum PC items that I've found that I use in the field: Bag knife attached to the back of the bag, hemp cord and cotton cloth cleaning kit for the bore, tallow in an earthenware vessel for waterproofing the pan if it starts raining, bullet board, braintan buckskin ball...
  9. codymobley

    Birdwatcher whacks a javelina

    Where are ya'll out of? The scenery looks pretty close to where I'm from: Runnels, Tom Green, Schleicher, and Menard Counties. Good shot.
  10. codymobley

    Braintan buckskin hunting bag, knife and shot bag

    I was gifted some buckskin scraps from a friend and decided to make a new hunting bag. I found a style that I liked on Cowan's Auction site of an original mid 19th c. style elongated D shaped bag. Mine measures out to 5.5" x 9.5" I scalloped the top edge of the bag down for...
  11. codymobley

    Knife from an old farrier's rasp

    It started curving and getting a belly on it when I was hammering that drop on the point and turning the squared end of the rasp into the point.....that straightening of the belly probably ked to a couple of those hammer marks near the spine of the blade.
  12. codymobley

    Knife from an old farrier's rasp

    I've been looking through Madison Grant's book "The Knife in Homespun America" and found a couple of 1790-1815 knives that inspired me to try my hand at forging a blade. I used mesquite and live oak as the heat source and an old anvil that was loaned out to me. and this is the finished...
  13. codymobley

    Second horn

    I used black oil paint, paint it on and let it set and then steel wool the excess off.
  14. codymobley

    Second horn

    You're the voice of experience. I used a 5/8" piece of pine I had on hand, with that the horn isn't too heavy. Thanks.
  15. codymobley

    Second horn

    This was my second attempt at a powder horn. I found one that my younger brother used to use to play with (a souvenir style that he probably bought at the Alamo) and decided to use it for some events I have coming up (1810-1830). These were photos taken during various stages of completion...
  16. codymobley

    A couple of holsters

    I finally got around to making a belt holster for my Rod Olsen made Ruggles underhammer pistol. After looking at Nicholas Chandler's new book on the Ruggles firearms (which included a couple of surviving original holsters) I had a general idea of the style I wanted to make...and with an 1830s...
  17. codymobley

    CivilWar era powderhorns?

    The ones that I have looked at are very plain utilitarian ones belonging to members of Texas State Troop regiments serving on the frontier of the Texas Hill Country and Cross Timber's region. I'll see if I can't find any photos to post.
  18. codymobley

    Dyeing with pecan.

    I usually thrash the trees or pick the pecans from the tree while they are still in their green husks. This provides more tannins in the husk and will yield a better dye (more of a greenish gray/brown) and even dark red brown with an iron mordant. Whatever's left in the dye bath you can boil...
  19. codymobley

    New Rod Olsen Ruggles patent underhammer fowler

    Yes, just like the original fowler it was based on there is a metal rod that extends through the length of the butt from the action and the butt is secured to the rod with a screw. There are photos in Chandler's book that shows this in detail on Ruggle's patent buggy guns/rifles.
  20. codymobley

    New Rod Olsen Ruggles patent underhammer fowler

    No website, but he answers his email pretty regularly. I'll send it to you in a message.
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