Author Archives: Mark
Cumberland Gap & Skyline Drive Photos
...
I am offering prints of the Cumberland Gap and surrounds, and views from the Skyline Drive over on my photography website. If you are interested, take a look by following the links.
Posted in Blog
Rare Singing Birds Pistols
...
If you love guns, watches, music boxes, and birds, then you will love this. I will tell you, these aren’t actual pistols, they are a very creative and expensive version of a toy pop gun, which as a description does … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, For Craftsmen
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 I started with bookmarks and bookplates as I needed something … Continue reading
Posted in Fraktur, Works For Sale
Tagged bookmark, bookplate, calligraphy, flowers, fraktur, fraktur art, german folk art, stars
What’s on My Bench?
I have decided to start a little project here that might be of interest to beginning gunmakers; not that I am all that far ahead of you. I have taken a snap shot, literally, of my main work benches. At … Continue reading
Posted in Frequently Asked Questions
Recommended Books & Videos for the Southern Longrifle and Accouterment Maker
The following books and videos have been the most valuable to me in the recreation of Southern (Virginia/Kentucky/North Carolina/Tennessee) longrifles and accouterments. Books Longrifle Books The Kentucky Rifle, by Capt. John Dillon Rifles of Colonial America, Vols l & ll, … Continue reading
Posted in Frequently Asked Questions
John Davidson Rifle
Shown here is a previously unpublished John Davidson rifle. It was made for a farmer in Rockbridge county and is still in the family. While the rifle is the victim of a very poor restoration job many years ago, there … Continue reading
Posted in Antique Longrifles Gallery
Tagged barrel, brass, carved, curly maple, engraved, flintlock, John Davidson, lock, longrifle, mounts, patchbox, Rockbridge, set triggers, stock, swamped, trigger, valley of Virignia, virginia
What is an American Longrifle?
“From a flat bar of soft iron, hand forged into a gun barrel; laboriously bored and rifled with crude tools; fitted with a stock hewn from a maple tree in the neighboring forest; and supplied with a lock hammered to … Continue reading
Posted in Frequently Asked Questions
Tagged american, barrel, brass, carved, decorative art, engraved, flintlock, German, german folk art, iron mounted, jaeger, kentucky, lock, longrifle, North Carolina, patchbox, pennsylvania, rifle, stock, swamped, Swiss, tennessee, valley of Virignia, virginia
Hand Made Colonial Virginia Lock
In conjunction with some recent repair/restoration work, I have started working on an all hand made lock. That means one made of wrought iron in the same manner as an 18th century Virginia gun shop including making all the screws. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Current Projects
Tagged colonial, contemporary, Early Ketland, flintlock, forged, gunmaking, gunsmithing, hand made, lock, longrifle, valley of Virignia, virginia, wrought iron
Gun #11 – Iron Mounted Southwest Virginia Longrifle
This is going to be an iron mounted Virginia longrifle with stylistic elements found on guns from the Augusta/Rockbridge county area down into southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee. This Virginia longrifle will be fully iron mounted with a two piece … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Contemporary, Current Projects
Tagged contemporary, flintlock, iron mounted, longrifle, mountain, virginia
Gun #17 – Silver Mounted Virginia Pistol
I want to make a fancy silver mounted Virginia pistol to go with either my Augusta/Rockbridge rifle or my Southwest Virginia chunk gun. The problem is that I can’t make up my mind as to what period Virginia pistol I … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Contemporary, Planned Projects
Tagged barrel, carved, Chambers, colonial, crafts, curly maple, early, engraved, flintlock, gunmaker, gunsmithing, lock, mounts, pistol, Rayl, Rockbridge, silver, Small Siler, stock, swamped, trigger
