Made a frizzen stall.

[FiremanBrad]

Actually made 2!! One for the Fowler and one for the Trade Gun.

Here's the fowler!

 

[Rifleman1776]

I believe part of this whole game is learning to do things for yourself.
Congrats. :thumbsup:

 

[Arcturus]

Very cool. Nice job. I have the hides tanned from all the deer I kill, and love making clothing, bags, pouches, etc. from my own deerskin. I'll have to make a couple of these soon from small scraps of deerskin.

 

[Artificer]

Good for you. Making your own Hammer stalls are good projects to learn hand sewing of leather. Just one caution that some of the modern tanning methods of leather may cause rust when the cover gets wet and allowed to dry on the frizzen. Not so much of a problem with Veg Tanned or Oil Tanned leathers, but it is still best to take a wet Hammer Stall off the Frizzen and allow it to dangle by the strap, until it dries and when you get back home from a rainy or snowy day.

I've always made mine out of veg tanned leather, but buckskin also works well, as the following quote demonstrates.

Captain Robert Stewart of the Virginia Regiment writing to George Washington in March 1761 wrote”¦
“”¦.. the Nature of the Service we are likely to be employ’d in, will in some measure dispense with bayonets, we can make Lock Covers of Cow Hides, and Hammer Slatts of Deer Skines &ca”

Gus