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I also found this a few years back, ... and I found it both entertaining and useful

Does anyone have any experience with the blankets sold by "Northwest Traders"? They claim to be handwoven 100% wool in three point historic weights sizes and patterns. At first they seem a little pricey, ... but if they meet all the pertinent details, .... ?

The few times I've had it, I thought it was a lot like pork. And I believe it was prepared much the same way pork is too.

Please remember that the frizzen must reach critical temperature before quenching for the hardening to take. (Most times that ends up being a bright cherry red, and it's also when a magnet won't stick to it). That sort of temperature is usually a lot to ask from logs or charcoal, ... (unless...

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Well, .... Someone postulated the use of Spam as sort of a psudo/substitute of some kind of salt pork thing, ... then someone else dropped a comment that was labeled as offensive to certian people, ... and that's about when I got me a big bowl of popcorn an a large drink, and sat back to see...

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Hi, A few days back, I ran across a series of photos showinf a very highly decorated muzzleloader. I'm assuming a rifle becauze of the shape and ornamentation of the cheekpiece, ... but it could have been a smoothie too. Anyway, I forgot to bookmark the pics, and then when I described them to...

Hmmmm? That's the size of a six point. What is the weight please? Many Thanks J.

I completely agree. ...Usually, ... mid 18th century sheet-metal kettles and pots were visibly larger in diameter than they were high. That's one of the things one should look for, along with the correct manufacturing techniques for the era. And most of the manufacturers listed in this thread...

Hi Jake, I grew up in the fork tween the Blue and the Vermillion, ... (north end of the Tuttle, down in the heart of the wildlife area). Those that have been to, or heard of "Corndodger Station", ... I actually grew up on, and roamed the banks of the Corndodger - just a mile or so south of...

Hi, Just getting back into the hobby after a number of years, and I'd like to try building an early F&I period horn. Suitable horns seem to be a little more scarce now, than they were back when life decided to get in the way. I've found lots of places that have so-so horns, or horns that just...

According to the research I did last year, ... You got very close. My research turned up these little tidbits, ... 1775 money In 1775 one shilling had the purchasing power of roughly five of today's dollars. That meant that an English pound (£ ) had roughly the value of one hundred dollars...

Perhaps the original source was meaning a transitional rifle like was built in the A. Albrecht style early on at the Christian Springs Moravian shop? .... That would be a pre revolutionary longrifle, a definite Germanic influenced transitional piece, and a forerunner of the Dickert school. A...

Yes. The cauldron will act like an additional Iron Mordant. The color will likely end up darker with a grayish / blackish hue.

Elk is certainly easier to work than moose, but it isn't nearly as abrasion resistant as deer or moose hide is. That being said, my current pair of center-seams are made of elk, cause that's what I had on hand. All three will work good, Deer or Moose will just last longer. (for Deer I only use...