A few pics of some of my handmade stuff

[Hermit Tim]

Howdy fellers. I've never posted any pictures of the stuff I make on here so thought I would share. Oddly enough, I'm not one to take a lot of pictures but I ran across a few on my laptop while looking for something else and thought I would put up a few. These are all old, and most of what I do now is a little bit different, so I guess I need to get with the times and take more pictures. In the picture with the food, that is from one of my articles in Backwoodsman magazine about homemade MRE's. I made the bags, knives, sheaths, ball starter, powder measure, and other accoutrements. Well, I did not make the suede bag. It is a TC bag from when I first got into black powder. My wife made the sourdough and I made the pemmican and parched corn. That was a fun project and one of the reasons I enjoyed writing for them. Haven't written an article for them since the two year cancer fight started so I think it may be time to get back to it.

 

[64Springer]

Damn fine work.

Especially the leather lock protector.

And thanks for inspiring me to finish the front sight install on my stubby rifle build.

Time to bust out those triangular files.

 

[Hermit Tim]

Thanks. I appreciate that.

 

[Hermit Tim]

Damn fine work.

Especially the leather lock protector.

And thanks for inspiring me to finish the front sight install on my stubby rifle build.

Time to bust out those triangular files.

Good luck with that filing. I've gotta do the same thing on a trapper project I'm working on. I really don't like filing dovetails...

 

[64Springer]

Good luck with that filing. I've gotta do the same thing on a trapper project I'm working on. I really don't like filing dovetails...

Truth.

 

[BackDraft]

Very nice!

 

[Huasser1]

Very nice work.

 

[Timber Wolf]

Tell us about that short rifle!

 

[Hermit Tim]

Tell us about that short rifle!

Well it was an Ardesa boarding carbine in .45 flint. Don't remember the barrel length but she was alotta fun. In a moment of stupidity I sold it online and have missed it ever since. I suspect one of the regular members on here now has it and just haven't asked him if he wanted to sell it back. Planning to though. In the mean time I'm working on a Traditions .50 that will be about the same size. These shorties are a bunch of fun. I recommend them.

 

[Timber Wolf]

Well it was an Ardesa boarding carbine in .45 flint. Don't remember the barrel length but she was alotta fun. In a moment of stupidity I sold it online and have missed it ever since. I suspect one of the regular members on here now has it and just haven't asked him if he wanted to sell it back. Planning to though. In the mean time I'm working on a Traditions .50 that will be about the same size. These shorties are a bunch of fun. I recommend them.

Thanks, I have a Charles Daly percussion .50 I have thought about cutting back some.

 

[smokepolehall]

Fine craft work you have n are still doing.

 

[user 31232]

You done good

 

[shorthair]

Howdy fellers. I've never posted any pictures of the stuff I make on here so thought I would share. Oddly enough, I'm not one to take a lot of pictures but I ran across a few on my laptop while looking for something else and thought I would put up a few. These are all old, and most of what I do now is a little bit different, so I guess I need to get with the times and take more pictures. In the picture with the food, that is from one of my articles in Backwoodsman magazine about homemade MRE's. I made the bags, knives, sheaths, ball starter, powder measure, and other accoutrements. Well, I did not make the suede bag. It is a TC bag from when I first got into black powder. My wife made the sourdough and I made the pemmican and parched corn. That was a fun project and one of the reasons I enjoyed writing for them. Haven't written an article for them since the two year cancer fight started so I think it may be time to get back to it.

My jealousy of your talents knows no bounds, you and a few like yourself have gifts that I can only admire.

 

[Hermit Tim]

My jealousy of your talents knows no bounds, you and a few like yourself have gifts that I can only admire.

Well thanks. I'm really just a so-so craftsman. Between leather work, knife making, and all my other jobs, I'm not an expert at any of it. But I do enjoy it though.

 

[Thingamajiggy]

Really nice work, well done.

 

[Dobegrant]

Very nice , some excellent craftsmanship

 

[Terrier]

Nice stuff….

 

[TDM]

Very neat stuff there @Hermit Tim !

 

[shorthair]

Well thanks. I'm really just a so-so craftsman. Between leather work, knife making, and all my other jobs, I'm not an expert at any of it. But I do enjoy it though.

You have a quality that many of us lack in that you are willing to take on a challenge that is out of our comfort zone.

 

[Abarnes]

Beautifully crafted