Handmade Miquelet lock.

[bioprof]

There is a handmade Miquelet lock made by Wulf Schultz on the Contemporary Makers Blogspot. I believe that Wulf has posted on here occasionally.

You have to go to the older posts to see it.
http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-08-03T07:00:00-04:00

 

[Leonredbeard]

Very interesting!
It would be a real flint basher, would it not? I would like to see it in action.
volatpluvia

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

A well made one is supposed to be a superb lock, strong and reliable. I like this one, but they always have a slightly odd look about them to me.

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

Any of the early flat faced frizzen locks are flint bashers indeed! That curve on the frizzen faces sure saves a lot of Flints!
:surrender:

 

[Teleoceras]

Grzrob:

Any of the early flat faced frizzen locks are flint bashers indeed! That curve on the frizzen faces sure saves a lot of Flints!
:surrender:

True, but one the of the strengths of those locks was that you really didn't need a knapped flint like the other flinters. A flint spawl was enough. Especially on the locks that had a grooved frizzen.

Slowmatch Forever!
Teleoceras

 

[wulf]

I have made a good number of these Miquelets and
they all were/are excellent sparkers..The groves
were intended to direct the sparks down to the
pan..so I was led to believe. They have a very
long history and stayed popular for many years and
with most of the action on the outside of the gun
It remained very strong at that point. I would
like to thankyou Bioprof for recognizing my work
and posting it on this forum...Wulf

 

[miqueleter]

Teleceras,

True, but one the of the strengths of those locks was that you really didn't need a knapped flint like the other flinters. A flint spawl was enough. Especially on the locks that had a grooved frizzen.

Excellent point. Other excellent points on the practicality of the locks can be made.

Non-jarring gentle is not one of them. Other than the excellent, but huge, Ottoman rifles, patilla locks didn't seem to appear on European rifles.

On a personal level, I tried once on a rifle using a big patilla lock I picked up in London. When that locomotive size mainspring slammed the **** forward, the sights were no longer on the target. So I made a blunderbuss for it. That worked swell. When my flints for my Brown Bess wore out, they were just right for the miquelet.

 

[wulf]

Instead of putting that basher on a blunderbus
you could have used it to open your garage door.
All of my miquelet locks have no lock jar which is
more than i can say for the Swiss Baltic lock and
the snaphaunce that I made...I like the Miquelet
locks and am not sure why...say what you will as
I still have a lot to learn......Wulf

 

[miqueleter]

Wulf

I admire your taste in locks and I'm in awe of your lock making skill. The agujeta descendent Maghribi miquelet lock you made is beautiful. Craftsmanship of the first order. I'm unsurprised you get no bounce with your locks.

On the other hand, my original patilla style miquelet lock, pictured here, Miquelet is, ...well, a true basher. I, for one, would love to see more of your splendid lock work.

 

[wulf]

Yes those things can have a very strong spring.
The web site you have is very good and I must say
informative. You do know your Miquelets well. What
I make are from a picture i see in a book or in a magazine that strikes my interest to see if I can
make one. Wheel locks, snaphaunces what ever even
match locks and a gonne with a hook on it...Mister
Tenn Hills guy posted pics for me till the members
got sick of me.[can't blame them] I have a hard
enough time driving a 'puter much less figuring
out "thunder bucket"..wood and metal yes. Wire no.
I have asked if there were any one interested in
posting and got no replies so I dropped it.......
Sorry... My Miquelets don't have a lot of "jar"
because I make the M.S. as much as needed and the
frizzen springs to correspond. Just got lucky i
guess....Wulf

 

[widget350]

I'd be happy to post your pictures, or better yet, to teach you how. It's a shame we don't get to see your craft as often as we used to.

 

[Leonredbeard]

Wulf,
I, for one, never tired of you pics. Please, I would be delighted to see more pics.
volatpluvia

 

[Tinker2]

Me too Wulf, me too.

I always like to see your work and I learn from it.


Tinker2

 

[Teleoceras]

Wulf:

I also never get tired at looking at your work. :applause:

Slowmatch Forever!
Teleoceras

 

[Brasilikilt]

Hey Wulf

This lock is quite spectacular, you've outdone yourself once again

I still have the Spanish Escopeta on top of the "guns to build" list.

I would love to bend your ear some more about the lock's inner workings. (still have the sketches you sent)

What are your thoughts on forging a miquelet lock vs. machining one?

Take care and talk with you again

 

[wulf]

Good to hear from you again..Sure you can forge a
lock. That is probably how they were done in the
firt place...I am surprised that people are going back through the "old Posts" and finding that lone
pic of the lock. I have since taken a much better
shot on it and with a little help have it posted
here soon. I will explain more about its action at
that time...There are several ways to trigger
these beasts and that could go on for quite a
while...How far are you into your musket??

 

[wulf]

Thanks for the wonderful compliments. I am trying
to send more pics of matchlocks,wheel locks and
snaplocks [Miquelets and Baltic etc] but I am having so much trouble with MSN that they won't go
through...I am working on it... :cursing: