Dear Friends, A post rider from Canada has arrived with a message from the folks at Loyalist Arms. They are having a sale on firelocks that may be of interest...
Dear Friends, A post rider from Canada has arrived with a message from the folks at Loyalist Arms. They are having a sale on firelocks that may be of interest...
Hi guys, I just learned how to make lye soap and the bars will be ready in 3 weeks. My brother raises pigs and gave me real lard from one of them. So if you're...
This is probably a ridiculously stupid question but where can you find fat lighter? Do you just go walking in the woods and hope you stumble across it? I was...
Dear Lisa, If my feeble memory serves me well, "Natural" "fatlighter", or "lighter knot", or "fat pine" comes from a pine that has been struck by lightning....
Ok, I may be a farb so if I am just say... <sigh> I have this cool period correct knife I got in a trade and I made a plain leather sheath for it and wear it...
Lisa As I said before, no questions is stupid, (except maybe the unasked one) the only way to learn is research and ask questions. Tom is right, but I find...
Lisa Neck knifes were used by hunters, Indians, squaws, skinners, trappers, pirates and probably almost any of the settlers that thought it was handy for them....
Lisa Did a little more research this afternoon. I found a lot of evidence of neck knives although I haven't found any specific for white women on the frontier....
Thanks Brian. If you could point me to even one picture that would be great. I think what was getting them bent out of shape is that I wore it around my neck....
Dear Lisa, I,too, looked quickly on the 'net for information and came up with little. In The Book of Buckskinning VII the is an article entitled "Great Lakes...
Hey Lisa Like Tom I researched some more at home this weekend. Book of Buckskining VIII had a section on "woman dress" and listed alot of references. Also Beth...
I know it's a ways up here but I wanted you all to know you are invited to the Char. Museum of History's 12th Night celebration. Free food & drink and 12th...
Lisa Several of us from LLR are going down to Moore's Creek. It is more a set up display for the visitors. We try to do crafts/colonial things during the day...
Are there any historic buildings? What sort of things are there? Who do I get in touch with to get permission to attend? Lisa ... more a set up display for the...
Lisa No historical buildings, just a partial restored entrenchment. Just show up, they check you at the gate. This event is pretty open, of course you can't be...
Dear Lisa, If you go to their website www.nps.gov/mocr, you can see a photo gallery of the trade fair they had last year. It gives an idea of the site. Also...
Dear Friends, I have this instant returned from Westmoore Pottery in the Westmoore community near Seagrove, NC. The proprietors, Mr. Farrell and his gracious...
I checked a map and it's over 200 miles so my husband probably would not be thrilled with Madison & me going that far. I went to a moccasin making class today...
I was reading a message on the FrontierFolk message board about Rice making these barrels as a PRODUCTION item. Rice is willing to tool up to make these...
Howdy boys, I just had to share with you the fun I'm having with my latest hobby -- brain tanning. My teachers are Doug Meyer & Robert "Hawkeye" Likas. I've...
Daniel Boone - The Man Versus The Myth Daniel Boone was a great American explorer and woodsman of Keltic ancestry - part Scottish, part Welsh. (And one odd and...
Hi Thomas, Westmoore Pottery is very nice but I find it way too expensive for my tastes. My friend's sister is a potter & she makes "Westmoore style" pottery...
Hi guys, I've started reading Longrifles of NC by John Bivins and he makes an offhand statement about rifles being hung on the lintel of the fireplace. He...
Lisa You are right on with your thoughts. Hanging a rifle over the fireplace is a 1900 decorative art for antiques and old things to add a rustic look to a...
You-all probably can't attend this but if you know of anyone interested, please forward. --Lisa Dear North Carolina Historical Site Supporter: I am writing to...
You guys probably already know about this but just in case you don't, I wanted to post. This was sent to me on a list I'm on. --Lisa As of this writing, the...
I'm making a neck knife sheath & want to try my hand at quilling. However, you have to buy a pack of 1000 of them if you buy them from an online company & they...
