Portfolio
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
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 patchbox and its engraving is an original design extrapolated from … Continue reading
Posted in Completed Projects, Contemporary, Longrifles
Tagged Augusta, barrel, brass, carved, Chambers, colonial, contemporary, crafts, Dixons, early, Early Ketland, engraved, flintlock, Freddie Harrison, Getz, Gunmakers Fair, gunmaking, gunsmithing, JHAT, Judges Choice, lock, longrifle, moulding, mounts, muzzle loader, Reeves Goehring, Rockbridge, stock, swamped, trigger, valley of Virignia, virginia, Walace Gusler
Gun #5 – Iron Mounted Southwest Virginia Longrifle
This is a fully iron mounted Virginia longrifle of the late flint period that I made in 2004 as my personal offhand target rifle. It has features found on Virginia longrifles from Rockbridge County into Southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee, … Continue reading
Posted in Completed Projects, Contemporary, Longrifles
Tagged barrel, Blue Ribbon, Chambers, contemporary, craftmanship, crafts, curly maple, Davis, Dixons, East Tennessee, flintlock, Green Mountain, gunmaker, Gunmakers Fair, gunmaking, gunsmithing, iron mounted, Late Ketland, lock, longrifle, mountain, mounts, patchbox, Rockbridge, set triggers, Southwest Virginia, stock, straight, trigger, virginia
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 complicated affairs using designs from the early to middle 19th … Continue reading
Posted in Completed Projects, Contemporary, Pouches, Powder Horns
Tagged accouterments, colonial, contemporary, crafts, early, powder horn, shot pouch, virginia
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 made the shot pouches exactly as shown, approximately 7.5″wide x … Continue reading
Posted in Completed Projects, Contemporary, Pouches, Powder Horns
Tagged accouterments, contemporary, crafts, leather, pine, powder horn, shot pouch, turned, virginia, walnut
Firearms and Accouterments Photography
Longrifles Photographed for $150 (12 Images) All of the photography on this web site was done by me. I started out doing all the firearm and accoutrement photography using paint with light. This yielded acceptable, if not uneven, results for … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs, Product Photography, Services
Tagged accouterments, Augusta, longrifle, photography, pistol, Rockbridge, shot pouch, Twigg, valley of Virignia, virginia
Tin Measure Set
This is a measure set that I created for Bag #12. It consists of a tin-plated steel powder measure, brush and pick. The brush is horse hair with a tin ferrule and the pick is made of music wire. Three … Continue reading
Posted in Measures/Brushes/Picks
Tagged accouterments, chain, contemporary, horse hair, longrifle, pan brush, powder measure, tin, vent pick
Leather Flap Haversack
I wanted a period correct (mostly) bag for my annual shopping trip to Dixons. Inspired by Jeff Bibb, I made the haversack below from a commercially available, but unusable, raw linen haversack with a standard linen flap and strap. I … Continue reading
Posted in Completed Projects, Haversacks
Tagged 18th Century, accouterments, haversack, leather, linen, Revolutionary War
Carved Horn Measure Sets
Shown here are a couple of measure sets with the measures carved from the tips of cow horns. They have been extensively carved with multiple bands. The picks were made from music wire and ground in a triangular shape on … Continue reading
Posted in Completed Projects, Measures/Brushes/Picks
Tagged accouterments, chain, contemporary, horn, longrifle, pan brush, powder measure, vent pick
Self Portrait-Pencil on Vellum
This is a copy of one of the photographic self portraits in the Photography portfolio. It is done in pencil on vellum, 8.5″ x 11″.
Posted in Drawings
Tagged art, drawing, overalls, pencil, pin stripe, self portrait, vellum, workman
