This outlines the shaping and finishing of the traditional recurve glass backed hunting bow I made. A copperhead snakeskin pattern...

In a previous blog, I showed how I did a glue up of a bow in a homemade bow over. It is a simple wooden box that has a heat lamp wired...

I’ve always wanted a nice handmade hunting bow, but I could never afford one. So I bought an instructional book and started work on it. I...

Damascus steel that has been hammered together is different from the traditional Damascus crucible steel called wootz. Pattern welded...

A customer had an unusual request. He had seen a picture of the Lichtenberg burning process and wanted to see if it could be replicated...

In this short video, I’m demonstrating the Lichtenberg burning process on a piece of broken gun stock for practice. By wiring a...

I start off with a piece of round bar stock that I keep on hand. Square bar stock is fine too. Doesn't matter because I'm practically a...

The Dutch had .69 caliber rifle muskets hanging around their armories since 1848. By 1867, they were doing what the rest of Europe was...

Although I didn’t have anyone to operate the camera when I cast my first gun part, I did have someone handy to film the first test run of...

In an earlier blog series, I outlined how I built a foundry furnace and cast a replacement hammer for a broken antique shotgun. This is...

Unfortunately for this part of casting I was alone. I didn’t have anyone present to operate the camera while I was pouring the part. But...

This may seem to be an oversimplification, but I built a small wooden cart to roll around the furnace outside where I’d be casting my gun...

This is NOT a a step by step tutorial for building your blower, but to show you how I did it and what worked for me. I started off with...

I decided that I needed to start making some obsolete gun parts that I couldn’t find anywhere else. Sometimes you get an older antique...

This is a Commander length slide and ramped barrel fitted to a full size government frame built from 80% parts.