Hey!!....you make that?

[Joe Yanta]

Ever since being raised by my grandfather in Southern Illinois I have always been attracted to and facinatied with homespun stuff. Grandpa only made about $1500 a year and we only bought what ever we had to have and could not make.

Sure, the Navy can have a fine aircraft carrier built with all the best foundries and metal shops on the intire planet at its disposal. But a handmade canoe built with simple tools, good material, sound knowledge and a pride of craftsmanship is true american folk art.

I think I have posted a story or a picture of everything that I have made for my persona and there is no need for redundancy. Anyway this aint about what I made, it is what have you made.

I would like to read about, or better yet see a picture of something you made. You could have bought the material to make it. Its got to be hand made, no store bought fancy stuff.

I would truely like to see your knives, powder horns, fire steels, hunting pouches, traps, pistols, hawks, sheaths, buttons, guns, capotes or caps. Anything you or your ancestors have made.

Things hand made by either pioneering or modern american hands are the finest this world have ever seen. Lets see 'um.

Joe Yanta

 

[Greg Walden]

Joe,

Amen! I really admire hand-done craftmanship, even if it's not done "perfectly." My poor response to your start has been on here before, but here's the first knife I made. Maybe "put together" would be a better term; I modified but did not make the blade. It was hand-forged for me by someone with the tools and knowledge to do that. I would be more of a cutler than a knifemaker.

(I didn't make the shirt, but I did make the RBs! :

Regards,
Greg

 

[ameling]

Here are some of the agricultural/household tools I have been making. Most fit into the mid to lat 1700's. Left to right: early French style axe, large trade axe, small T handle shovel, two adjustable spanners or wrenches, large field grubhoe, 3 legged "spider" frypan, and a round brazier.

Two fascine knifes or billhooks, a two tine fork, and another large grubhoe.

Just some simple humble iron work to share.

Mike Ameling

 

[laffingman67]

That is some nice iron work Mike. I like the shovel, hoe, and pitch fork. I never thought of recreating that kind of items, DUH. I'm working on a french trade axe now. actually I have the head done, but it's turned into another unfinished project :shocking: Nice stuff guys!

 

[Black Hand]

If I could figure out how to post pictures, I would show you my stuff. Pretty much the only things I didn't make were my knife and hawk, and built the trade gun from a kit. Having been a poor college student, I couldn't afford to buy the nice stuff I saw and had to make my own. Made everything, from the knife sheath to the leather canteen, to the clothes. If you contact me, I would be glad to send pictures directly to you.
Black Hand