. BOY ! Have I ever been asleep at the switch ! :oops: I have to apologize for not being timely in replying to your post, WH. :( That knife is a 5" Green River Hunter (pattern) that I handled in Curly Maple, with red, black & copper spacers. The plain sheath is one I made from some tanned/dyed leath...

. Here in Southern New England, we take local deer and also take an annual week's vacation (going on 50 years now) in Northern New England (Maine, mostly) for larger deer & Black Bear (which makes great sausages). While small game is mostly a one or two-person hunt, for larger game we have long had ...

. Butchering depends on the deer, for us - because we don't particularly like the texture differences between the muscles in roast or steak meat when eating. Regardless of deer size, we quarter/breakdown the deer and let it season in an old dedicated refrigerator/cooler for a few days before process...

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Tks for the kind words = much appreciated..

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L-R: On a table w/6" tiles, a Cherokee Bowie, a Cold Steel Trailmaster Bowie I re-handled in Ebony after tossing the issue rubber handle, a found Imperial Bowie blade I handled after adding a brass cross-guard, & an unknown/found Arkansas Toothpick I handled in Ebony - with 3 self-made sheaths (the ...

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That's some inventive shopping, right there !

And some nice handiwork, to boot !

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You're truly fully addicted, Pete !

I especially like that you used the K.I.S.S. principle when fashioning accessories....

(Excellent work, BTW )

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You should use any wood you fancy and looks compatible with your blades. Although I made a squared hole, you just need a round hole - but you get the picture...…... 8-) My Roach Belly skinner: https://i.imgur.com/CtdXRfzm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wo2Torpm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/v5pxhB7m.jpg https://...

There already is a small hole the full length of handle, a little too small though. The bowl part of the head is not drilled through. Also, been sitting in a box of stuff in the garage, I found this in some misc. stuff, so the head needs polishing, little rust pits (although I thought it was stainl...

That's pretty neat, right there !

You've given me a good idea - thanks !

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I've made a few parfletche-type sheaths, but didn't want rawhide like the gennies were

This from a tanned deerskin



This rough out is dyed deerskin

You might want to give folks some idea of your pricing - but I've already made mine.

When I started stooting muzzleloaders, the ONLY kind available were what's now referred to as "traditional". :mrgreen: Oh, when inlines were re-introduced, I shot/hunted a Knight alright, and then a CVA Apollo, and a T/C Firestorm, then a T/C Omega - before I sold the last of them about 6 years ago ...

This is a .36 Numrich H&A underhammer, and a pre-Seneca T/C .45 w/13/16" x 27" bbl. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1056072/DSCN0385.JPG A .45 T/C Patriot http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1056075/DSCN0380.JPG Austin & Halleck .50 roundball rocklock http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/10...

ringo wrote:I new to making ramrods why soak it in kerosene? don't that just make it smell bad?

That, and, the RR's don't carry the kero smell for long, after they're wiped dry and slid into the thimbles.

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And, once the grip panels are removed - It's "diswasher safe" !

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Although I like most of the issue wooden ramrods for "show", on my gun rack, for hunting I feel MUCH better with a fiberglass-impregnated wood rod, like I got from T/C - they look like wood, but I feel there's no worries about snapping/cracking/breaking during a hurried reload on game. I can say, ho...

If it's a T/C, that pretty much describes a Hawken rifle. If the patch box is brass, with a brass nosecap on the forestock, that cinches it. Since all T/C's carry a lifetime warranty (on the gun, not the owner) - I wouldn't worry too much about it. I'd just give the barrel a good cleaning, install a...

The .54 cal Renegade 1:48 barrel, that I just got for my T/C .56SB Smooth Bore, shoots so well, that I'm gonna go strictly with it - and sell the .56 smoothbore barrel.

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I'm glad I came across tradrag.com = I like it here ! :P I'm not exactly new to muzzleloading, having started in the late 1960's when cleanup was a PITA. It's funny, though, how things work out. I started with sidehammer caplocks, and literally jumped on the -90's inline technology - especially the ...

I really liked my A&H .50 rocklock Mountain Rifle- it was VERY accurate using Knight Red Hot 300gr sabot loads over Goex FFFg, using FFFg Goex as a priming charge also. I know you might not like them, but the German Silver front sight and Buckhorn rear are about as "traditional" as it gets, in a lon...

That's a nice-looking possibles bag there, rickd - a great bag to go with a rocklock, IMHO. I have some tanned deer hide that I've been debating upon making a smaller bag from ( I paid $1 for the entire hide at a flea market), but have been holding off due to the gold/yellowish color of the tanned h...

I'm from a state that mandated a smoothbore, when a muzzleloading deer season was first authorized by our Fish & Game Dept - and still have my .56SB T/C Renegade, in almost new condition, after all these years. Mostly because I haven't used it since rifles muzzleloaders were allowed. http://img.vill...