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No accoutrements discussed though you could pop open a patchbox and find worms, stuck ball removers, & jags. One fellow did have some hand forged knives for sale. No clothing, hunting pouches. Some raw horns (scraping, filing, fitting of buttplug and scrimshawing required) were there.
Conner Prarie in Fishers, IN has accoutrement classes this fall (bag & horn). The bag maker is Ken Scott who is noted for his authentic and aged bags. The horn maker is Roland Cadle (sic) who is noted for his screw tip powder horns. Roland made the horn carried by Mel Gibson in "The Patriot." Frank House made the silver star that Roland mounted on the horn.
The Fair was strictly a gun building affair and the entire time was spent discussing gun building techniques. Other talks included: planes & scrapers of the 19th Century (hardly evolved from the 18th Cent), red violin finishes, rusting (finishing process).
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Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. Molon Labe!
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