- Gun #11 – Iron Mounted Southern Longrifle
This is a fantasy longrifle based on iron mounted rifles found in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee in the early 1800s. Without the wire inlay, this rifle would be very … Continue reading - Fraktur
I have long had an interest in fraktur and have been doing fraktur type decoration on various objects, but I recently decided to try my hand at real fraktur documents … Continue reading - Gun #10 – Augusta/Rockbridge Virginia Longrifle
This is a 1775-1785 Augusta/Rockbridge County, Virginia longrifle based on the two rifles documented by Wallace Gusler in the Journal of Historical Arms Making Technology, Volume II (JHAT II). The … Continue reading - Early Virginia Shot Pouch & Powder Horn
Shown here is my personal rig consisting of an early Virginia shot pouch and a Virginia banded, screw-tip powder horn. Most of the shot pouches made these days are relatively … Continue reading - Southern Heart Shaped Shot Pouches
The southern heart shaped shot pouches shown on this page were copied from pages 18-19 of Jim Webb’s Sketches of Hunting Pouches, Powder Horns, and Accoutrements of Southern Appalachia. I … Continue reading
