New Member from Aiken, SC

[tippit]

I joined a few weeks ago and forgot to introduce myself...from Aiken, SC. I really enjoy blacksmithing, bladesmithing, longbows, and now into BP with several flintlocks and Hawken...tippit

 

[Doc Ivory]

Welcome!

 

[Greg Blackburn]

Hello there! You have a full range of classic skills.

 

[tippit]

Hello there! You have a full range of classic skills.

Thanks

 

[thomas]

Welcome to the forum.
Thomas

 

[Realwarrior]

tippit, Welcome to the campfire.

 

[D. Buck Stopshere]

Welcome to the Forum from the "Tarheel State".

There are a few muzzleloading clubs in SC, one not far from you. Let me know.

This Forum is the place to be for "everything muzzleloading".

 

[tippit]

D. Buck Stopshere,
What are the clubs near me in SC? Thanks...tippit

 

[Greg Blackburn]

Thanks

No problem! You have a lot going on there. I took a class in blacksmithing and it was a lot of fun. I'd love to learn how to shoot a recurve bow.

 

[D. Buck Stopshere]

D. Buck Stopshere,
What are the clubs near me in SC? Thanks...tippit

I'll start a "conversation" AKA "PM" and give it to ya.

 

[Treestalker]

Welcome from Rackensack, that is an old civil war name for Arkansas. Glad to hear you like blacksmithing, I've done it for a hobby since I was 13, but the Doctors said I could no longer use coal a few years ago, and I gave it up for a while... My friend Ronnie the welder at his local muffler shop just welded a flange on my tuyere that will fit an old English Alcosa cast iron hand cranked blower I rebuilt after a trade, and I will be back in the saddle. Since I have to wear a mask anyway I might as well do what I can. It's been a while, hooray for another blacksmith in our ranks! Watch out for BP gunsmithing, it'll become your second passion, and you will become a man of many talents, LOL! Keep the fires burning and smoke rolling, George.

 

[Eutycus]

Howdy and Welcome from Texas!

 

[tippit]

No problem! You have a lot going on there. I took a class in blacksmithing and it was a lot of fun. I'd love to learn how to shoot a recurve bow. Well l probably only have 50 or so bows here. I only hunt with a bow...got a 4 thousand acres lease in South Georgia.

 

[tippit]

No problem! You have a lot going on there. I took a class in blacksmithing and it was a lot of fun. I'd love to learn how to shoot a recurve bow.

I only hunt with a longbow or recurve. Here at the farm I probably have 50 bows plus I also make some. Normaly I'd be hunting hogs all winter & spring on my 4 thousand acre lease in South Georgia except the Covid 19 has kept me at home in my blacksmith shop.

 

[tippit]

Welcome from Rackensack, that is an old civil war name for Arkansas. Glad to hear you like blacksmithing, I've done it for a hobby since I was 13, but the Doctors said I could no longer use coal a few years ago, and I gave it up for a while... My friend Ronnie the welder at his local muffler shop just welded a flange on my tuyere that will fit an old English Alcosa cast iron hand cranked blower I rebuilt after a trade, and I will be back in the saddle. Since I have to wear a mask anyway I might as well do what I can. It's been a while, hooray for another blacksmith in our ranks! Watch out for BP gunsmithing, it'll become your second passion, and you will become a man of many talents, LOL! Keep the fires burning and smoke rolling, George.

Problem is I have too many passions...traditional archer, fly fishing, my horses, and forging mostly knives.

 

[tippit]

I'll start a "conversation" AKA "PM" and give it to ya.

Thank you, those clubs look promising.

 

[hunter thompson]

Hi welcome i just joined also..A great place and great people..Muzzleloading building is the best..the friendship building.

 

[Old Timer 48]

Welcome!

 

[stevenjay1]

Welcome from New Hampshire.

 

[tippit]

stevenjay,
Where are you located in NH? We normally spend winters at our farm in SC and return to the Boston area for summers...except for this year as we are staying in SC...tippit