Its made from ..... what?

[Todd Rickard]

I'm always lookin fer ways to build stuff out of cast offs... Hardwoods are rare in my parts, so I salvage what I can. I have an old oak chair I squirled away a few years ago that has yeilded a few short starters and I think I will build a horn butt out of one of the oversized legs.
A few days ago I came across the remains of an old oak keg my dad used to make hams in 40 years ago. I chose a solid piece and used it to build a cool bullet block for my new .62. I could smell the brine and the musty cellar where I rescued the piece from when I drilled the holes. Already looks old, even the new cuts stained from patch lube right away.
Got old white antlers? Last week I decided to try carving horn so I started with some old white ones for practice. I turned out some nice powder measures, a vent pick handle and a short starter so I soaked em in strong tea for a couple hours to antique them.... they look great with the tiny age cracks and all.
Old boots and gloves yield leather for holding flints and stalls and thick boot tops make great cappers for you percussion fellas.
A crappy mexican horn I reworked has become my favorite horn. It was carved a little and a brass spout attached. The glossy finish was also rubbed away. This neat little horn fits inside my bag and holds between 10 and 20 loads, fine for most hunting/day trips and I don't have another strap to choke me. I have several original horns in that size, and I'm quite sure they are not priming horns.
I have my eye on some bone that my friend's little dog has cleaned right up...... plan on tradin' the little feller a new bone to work on. Thinkin of tryin to do some bone inlay some day....
Anybody got good plunder made from junk?

 

[Blizzard of '93]

I haven't yet but being somewhat of a packrat now I'll have to do a project or 2 with these leather peices and antler chunks I've stowed away!

 

[bob1961]

i made this ball bag from a suede vest that had that fake wool lining in it fer 2.00 bucks from a flea market....

this little flint hammer came from some 3/8" brass bar stock i just had liying round and an old screw driver shaft without the handle, then pressed in the brass with my bench vise....

then i made this short starter from an old broking ram rod and a piece of maple that was cut off the butt of my rifle i'm building and rounded it up a bit with my drill/hand grinder lathe....

my friends gave me the nick name of mcgyver cause i can do just bout anything with what's on hand....i even turn wood like ya would do on a lathe with a drill and hand grinder with a sanding disk on it....

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now that i can do just bout anything with what's on hand, people now exspect me to do anything with nothing :surrender: :v .............bob

 

[Trkdriver99]

Thought about using a drill press and wood carving tools for a lathe. I have bags from purses, a bunch (40 or So) brass candle sticks, about 50 old knives I get for no more than a dollar a piece. I am a real junk store, thrift store, yard sale and flea market aholic. Have the basement full of stuff I am going to usse for something, sometime. I am in process of making a wall tent 9x8x8 out of canvas drop clothes $50 in it plus frame.

Ronnie