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I can reply to an existing post via quick reply, but cannot even type in some text when I try to create a new post/thread - never mind being able to submit the post.
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- Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:01 pm
- Forum: Welcome New Members
- Topic: Invite a Guest
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3394
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 5:41 pm
- Forum: Hobbies
- Topic: I Like To Re-handle Knives & Make Sheaths, Bags & Powderhorns
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1022
Re: I Like To Re-handle Knives & Make Sheaths, Bags & Powderhorns
. 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...
- Sun May 31, 2020 9:30 am
- Forum: TradRag Den - General Discussion
- Topic: outa state killin
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1507
Re: outa state killin
. 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 ...
- Sun May 31, 2020 9:19 am
- Forum: TradRag Den - General Discussion
- Topic: DIY - Deer Meat - Where does it come from?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12581
Re: DIY - Deer Meat - Where does it come from?
. 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...
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 6:08 pm
- Forum: Knives, Hawks, Axes, & Hatchets
- Topic: Knife handle Making
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3556
Re: Knife handle Making
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Tks for the kind words = much appreciated..
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Tks for the kind words = much appreciated..

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- Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:34 am
- Forum: Hobbies
- Topic: Knife Forums
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2186
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:31 am
- Forum: Hobbies
- Topic: I Like To Re-handle Knives & Make Sheaths, Bags & Powderhorns
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1022
I Like To Re-handle Knives & Make Sheaths, Bags & Powderhorns
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 ...
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:10 am
- Forum: Craftsmanship and Smithing
- Topic: 3 dollar knife sheaths
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5266
Re: 3 dollar knife sheaths
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That's some inventive shopping, right there !
And some nice handiwork, to boot !
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That's some inventive shopping, right there !

And some nice handiwork, to boot !

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- Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:05 am
- Forum: Craftsmanship and Smithing
- Topic: First powder horn and a couple of other things
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5248
Re: First powder horn and a couple of other things
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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'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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- Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:26 pm
- Forum: Knives, Hawks, Axes, & Hatchets
- Topic: Knife handle Making
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3556
Re: Knife handle Making
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://...
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:18 pm
- Forum: Knives, Hawks, Axes, & Hatchets
- Topic: Someone with talent ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3428
Re: Someone with talent ?
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...
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:14 pm
- Forum: Knives, Hawks, Axes, & Hatchets
- Topic: Paddle sheath
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1455
Re: Paddle sheath
That's pretty neat, right there !
You've given me a good idea - thanks !
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You've given me a good idea - thanks !

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- Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:12 pm
- Forum: Knives, Hawks, Axes, & Hatchets
- Topic: Who Makes Leather Sheaths??
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11673
Re: Who Makes Leather Sheaths??
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

This from a tanned deerskin

This rough out is dyed deerskin

- Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:05 pm
- Forum: Knives, Hawks, Axes, & Hatchets
- Topic: Skinning Knife Anyone?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1793
Re: Skinning Knife Anyone?
You might want to give folks some idea of your pricing - but I've already made mine.




- Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:40 am
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloaders
- Topic: What got you started in Traditional ML?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17293
Re: What got you started in Traditional ML?
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 ...
- Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:25 am
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloaders
- Topic: lets see your smokepoles!
- Replies: 168
- Views: 133679
Re: lets see your smokepoles!
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...
- Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:39 pm
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloaders
- Topic: Ram Rods
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3987
Re: Ram Rods
That, and, the RR's don't carry the kero smell for long, after they're wiped dry and slid into the thimbles.ringo wrote:I new to making ramrods why soak it in kerosene? don't that just make it smell bad?
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- Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:39 pm
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloaders
- Topic: New gun
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1824
Re: New gun
And, once the grip panels are removed - It's "diswasher safe" !
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- Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:07 pm
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloaders
- Topic: Ram Rods
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3987
Re: Ram Rods
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...
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:53 pm
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloaders
- Topic: Thomson center cap and ball
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1579
Re: Thomson center cap and ball
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...
- Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:37 pm
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloaders
- Topic: T/C New Englander opinions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2902
Re: T/C New Englander opinions
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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- Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:51 am
- Forum: Welcome New Members
- Topic: HOWDEEEEE !
- Replies: 1
- Views: 929
HOWDEEEEE !
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 ...
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:46 am
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloaders
- Topic: Conical for 1:28 Barrel, and Traditional Sights
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1585
Re: Conical for 1:28 Barrel, and Traditional Sights
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...
- Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:46 am
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloaders
- Topic: Haversack/shooting bag
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2873
Re: Haversack/shooting bag
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...
- Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:56 pm
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloaders
- Topic: conicals from a round ball barrel?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7652
Re: conicals from a round ball barrel?
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...