Hoffman Reproductions
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1710 Dutch Infantry Musket Test Fire
A few shots through a new one.
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Відео

Making A Fort Megis Belt Axe.
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This time around, I show how to re-work a stock axe head into a historically correct Fort Megis pattern axe.
Are small axes worthless in the woods, chapter 2
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We test an even smaller axe.
Are small axes worthless in the woods?
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We test how useful a small axe can be.
Making a 18th Century Hammer Polled Belt Axe
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This time around, I show you how I forge an axe.
18th Century Fire Making
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I demonstrate fire making styles from the 1700's.
Musket done.
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To see me shooting- ua-cam.com/video/S3XNmDV2W5g/v-deo.html
Staining & Finishing a Brown Bess Musket Stock
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I show my method for staining & oil finishing a gun stock.
Testing new powder!
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Trying out new powder made with pre-treated charcoal.
Test Fire.
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Firing a new Bess.
Making an axe handle.
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On this episode, I show you how to make a 18th Century styled Belt Axe handle.
The 1842 Springfield Musket, Part 2
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This time around, we live fire the musket.
The 1842 Springfield musket.
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On this part 1 of two series, we take a look at a good old Springfield.
New powder making tip.
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New findings!
The Bumford Fowler, Chapter 2
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New fowler done.
"Swiss Style" Powder Update
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"Swiss Style" Powder Update
Benjamin Church's Sword
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Benjamin Church's Sword
Swiss BP. Code cracked !?!?!
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Swiss BP. Code cracked !?!?!
Powder update
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Powder update
The Pattern 1769 Brown Bess Musket
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The Pattern 1769 Brown Bess Musket
Making An English Trade Knife
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Making An English Trade Knife
Making Cleaner Powder, Part 2
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Making Cleaner Powder, Part 2
Daniel Boone & The Tale Of The "Giant Man"
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Daniel Boone & The Tale Of The "Giant Man"
How to Corn Black Powder
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How to Corn Black Powder
Making Cleaner Powder
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Making Cleaner Powder
Testing New Charcoal
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Testing New Charcoal
1842 Springfield Musket
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1842 Springfield Musket
The Type C Trade Gun.
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The Type C Trade Gun.
Making Your Own Musket Caps
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Making Your Own Musket Caps
The 1861 Springfield Rifled Musket.
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The 1861 Springfield Rifled Musket.

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @alfreddurbyn642
    @alfreddurbyn642 День тому

    Potassium chlorate isn't that hard to make but very unstable and should be handled only in small amounts. Very sensitive to friction and impact.

  • @steveww1507
    @steveww1507 День тому

    do they make a tool for making tapered ram rods

  • @erik_dk842
    @erik_dk842 День тому

    The European legislators are interested in this subject as well, and they go to great lengths to prevent individuals buying any component that can be used to make powder and especially primers.

  • @marcwieber6989
    @marcwieber6989 5 днів тому

    I know sparks are from flintstone and steel, but would a brass screen and iron spoon not reduce the risk? I remember we used a large feather to mix dangerous chemical (much more dangerous, think phosphor)

  • @flipside21
    @flipside21 6 днів тому

    Do you ship to Canada?

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions 5 днів тому

      Yes we do. 🙂

    • @flipside21
      @flipside21 4 дні тому

      @@HoffmanReproductions that's great news. What's the best way to know when a hawk is coming up for sale?

  • @chaecoco2
    @chaecoco2 8 днів тому

    One of the biggest improvements in my powder came from switching from lead milling media to brass. The difference in how much cleaner burning the powder milled with brass is astonishing. What is the percentage of quebracho bark per batch?

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions 8 днів тому

      @@chaecoco2 Yes, brass works well. All I use too now. I no longer use the bark powder. Cor ing or pressing the powder, made it so it was no longer needed.

    • @chaecoco2
      @chaecoco2 7 днів тому

      @@HoffmanReproductions You have mentioned before, the importance of drying your charcoal and potassium nitrate for accurate measurements. How do you do this? Do you dry in an oven? Thanks. Really appreciate your input.

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions 7 днів тому

      @@chaecoco2 Yes indeed! Very important part to mill dry ingredients. I put the PN and Char in the over at 200 degrees for about 20 minutes then go right to the mill.

    • @chaecoco2
      @chaecoco2 7 днів тому

      @@HoffmanReproductions Thanks. I will probably have to buy a small toaster oven for that. My wife would probably kill me if I tried that in the kitchen oven.

  • @brycebehnke9566
    @brycebehnke9566 9 днів тому

    Just found your channel. It is pretty good! I have heard this story and thought it a farce. Apparently it is not.

  • @Frogmobile52
    @Frogmobile52 9 днів тому

    Make your own mercury fulminate or if you can find red phosphorus (old flares from WW2) make some potassium chlorate. Mix pot Chlorate, 10% phosphorus, 4% aluminium powder/ A ligh spray of varnish to fix it and that's it. I bought my punch from Dixie 20y ago..

  • @richardrosell9114
    @richardrosell9114 11 днів тому

    Hey Hoffman, has anyone tried hackberry for charcoal, because we have a lot of them here in South Texas.

  • @richardrosell9114
    @richardrosell9114 11 днів тому

    Hi there, going to use swamp willow for charcoal and mill it for 48 hrs , have you ever used swamp willow or black willow.

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions 11 днів тому

      @@richardrosell9114 Should work good. Have never used it but most any wood carbon source works well.

    • @richardrosell9114
      @richardrosell9114 11 днів тому

      Have you ever milled kno3 for 12hrs if so did it make any difference on the powder.

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions 11 днів тому

      @@richardrosell9114 I mill a minimum of 24 hours with 48 being better now a days. Hands down longer mill times make much better powder.

  • @BelMeta93
    @BelMeta93 12 днів тому

    كيف أصنع المادة المتفجرة من فضلك!

  • @robertkoonce8365
    @robertkoonce8365 13 днів тому

    Out of curiosity, have you ever tried the liquid 22 primer material for rim fire reloading? 22 reloading sells it online too.

  • @DarkAngel051372
    @DarkAngel051372 19 днів тому

    Also people who can make their own powder caps and ammo could sell to others

  • @DarkAngel051372
    @DarkAngel051372 19 днів тому

    Learning to make your own Poweder caps and balls/conicals would be priceless in the event that all hell breaks loose and grid/ internet/ everything goes down. Plan ahead folks.

  • @texascelt8363
    @texascelt8363 19 днів тому

    Nice gun 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 thanks for sharing

  • @jeffreyrobinson3555
    @jeffreyrobinson3555 19 днів тому

    Do you ever fall in love with a gun you’ve prepared for a buyer and hate selling it? Would love to have your job👍

  • @jonahmarlow3816
    @jonahmarlow3816 19 днів тому

    Do you guys have a musket building service? Im considering getting a 1742 land pattern parts set from the rifle shoppe in the hopefully near future.

  • @leoscheibelhut940
    @leoscheibelhut940 20 днів тому

    It seems to have quite a different sound from other flintlocks. Was that just a trick of the weather/mike?

  • @Crow-cb6yx
    @Crow-cb6yx 20 днів тому

    Anyone know what year the matchlock went to flintlock? Curious because 12 generation ago in my bloodline a relative fought in the King Phillips War.

    • @steveww1507
      @steveww1507 20 днів тому

      by 1655 the match lock was out lawed for militia use in Mass. in favor of the dog lock witch is a flint lock with a external safety.

    • @Crow-cb6yx
      @Crow-cb6yx 20 днів тому

      @@steveww1507 thanks

  • @earlshaner4441
    @earlshaner4441 20 днів тому

    Good evening from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your adventures in history

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions 20 днів тому

      Hello! Thank you and your most welcome!

    • @earlshaner4441
      @earlshaner4441 20 днів тому

      @@HoffmanReproductions And I shared your video with other people who shoot Black powder

  • @chaecoco2
    @chaecoco2 21 день тому

    I was wondering if you could use a gas grill with the lid closed and indirect heat as a temperature controlled way to char your wood.

  • @Utahflintlocks
    @Utahflintlocks 21 день тому

    Beautiful Fowler!

  • @rebeccaback3287
    @rebeccaback3287 22 дні тому

    Great presentation! This is a work of art! David Back.

  • @coreyburns3264
    @coreyburns3264 22 дні тому

    What did you use to get the aged look on the cherry for wood stain?

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions 21 день тому

      @@coreyburns3264 Diluted magic maple wood stain, light wash of walnut haul stain, then black soot rubbed in on the high spots for age. Top coated with 5 coats of tru oil wood varnish and buffed out when dry.

  • @ritablanchard8133
    @ritablanchard8133 23 дні тому

    Not sure how we’ll do this if the grid goes down

  • @fyvsix
    @fyvsix 29 днів тому

    Do you defarbing for this Ohio boy? I have a new 61 pedersoli that probably needs it.

  • @wolfmoon1720
    @wolfmoon1720 Місяць тому

    For making charcoal doesn't have to be Greenwood.Or dried or doesn't matter

  • @Frogmobile52
    @Frogmobile52 Місяць тому

    Great video, gives me the incentive to make my own. I make my N°11 caps since donkey's years with mercury fulminate or red phosphorus and potassium chlorate. I will try large musket caps with coke aluminium tins and see the result. Why not using aluminium or steel dies?

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions Місяць тому

      @@Frogmobile52 Thank you! Sounds like your on the right track. Yes, dies could be used out of those materials for sure. Was showing here, how it could be done with bare essential’s. Thanks again!

    • @Frogmobile52
      @Frogmobile52 Місяць тому

      @@HoffmanReproductions 👍

  • @dansutherlin9244
    @dansutherlin9244 Місяць тому

    That's great information Ben. Now I can get a Ft, Meigs axe and know i can make it functional!

  • @wingardwearables
    @wingardwearables Місяць тому

    Great video. Subscribed. Look forward to watching more. And many of the historic belt axes and tomahawks were even smaller than that, still proved out on the frontier.

  • @corneliusmakin-bird7540
    @corneliusmakin-bird7540 Місяць тому

    I really like your waist coat, where did you get it?

  • @davisrs1
    @davisrs1 Місяць тому

    78:12:10 ... interesting!

  • @normanweidel4285
    @normanweidel4285 Місяць тому

    Very nice work as always. I’m at Ft. Meigs watching your video.

  • @ReconstructedYankee1882
    @ReconstructedYankee1882 Місяць тому

    I first found out about this rifle discovering it at the Cabela's in Polaris, Ohio and I remember immediately falling in love with it!

  • @debluetailfly
    @debluetailfly Місяць тому

    I got a blacksmith made Fort Meigs axe when I was reenacting. There were some good craftsmen who developed from muzzleloading reenacting. I wish we could make reenacting more popular again.

  • @ashleyanderson2859
    @ashleyanderson2859 Місяць тому

    Looks good. I have one of these myself. I appreciate you giving the info on reworking the axe. I am curious about the cost for you to rework an ax. Thanks

  • @lukyguy1240
    @lukyguy1240 Місяць тому

    Really cool and great video. I bought one of these, I think from Townsends, and couldn't get it hard at all. I may try again sometime, when I have some time. I like little hatchets, but this is really small.

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions Місяць тому

      Yes, water is the only way I have found to get the edge hard on these. Made of fairly low carbon stuff. They are small, re-worked they preform a little better. Thanks for watching!

  • @2gpowell
    @2gpowell Місяць тому

    Great job!

  • @gregorypennell1755
    @gregorypennell1755 Місяць тому

    Great job on that little axe, Ben! Looks a lot better than “stock”. 🙌🏼

  • @earlshaner4441
    @earlshaner4441 Місяць тому

    Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother

  • @humansvd3269
    @humansvd3269 Місяць тому

    Where did you get your uniform and Kepi?

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions Місяць тому

      @@humansvd3269 I made them myself about 15 years ago. Thanks for watching!

  • @joemolf3894
    @joemolf3894 Місяць тому

    Have not seen much from you I do love the antique knives you made for me

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions Місяць тому

      @@joemolf3894 Glad you like them! Planning a new video soon. Thank you!

  • @joemolf3894
    @joemolf3894 Місяць тому

    Ouch!

  • @Zer0fuks
    @Zer0fuks Місяць тому

    These "Bigfoot" and "Sasquatch" are the remnants of the Pre Ice Age Giant population that inhabitated North and South America before the Younger Dryas and long before the Siberian nomads crossed Alaska amd killed them off and stole their lands.

  • @robertmccann5838
    @robertmccann5838 Місяць тому

    That is one of my go-to books for study.

  • @johnndavis7647
    @johnndavis7647 Місяць тому

    They mostly used the light hatchet or hawk to cut saplings for poles for building half faced lean-to's and for cooking tripods and for breaking up squaw wood for camp-fires. To cut a pole you bend it over and strike at the bent spot. The blade will sink deep into the stressed fibers so it only takes a few strokes to cut through a sapling. There is very little need to cut big green trees. Use a full size axe for big jobs.

  • @tommycoffey3322
    @tommycoffey3322 Місяць тому

    Christmas music? really?

  • @corneliusmakin-bird7540
    @corneliusmakin-bird7540 2 місяці тому

    Great video, could you possibly do one in the future about what you have in the bag and what type of bag it is that you are carrying, thanks!

  • @stevenblackstone2501
    @stevenblackstone2501 2 місяці тому

    Where in Ohio are you . I'd like to get some alder buckthorn

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions 2 місяці тому

      @@stevenblackstone2501 Licking County.

    • @stevenblackstone2501
      @stevenblackstone2501 2 місяці тому

      I'm originally from Chandlersville just east of Zanesville . I just started making powder in April . I'm not getting very good velocity, I shoot mostly black powder cartridge rifles, although I build muzzieloadin rifles . I'd like to find a source of buckthorn or cotton wood .

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions 2 місяці тому

      @@stevenblackstone2501 Small world! We do sell it if need be on our website.

    • @stevenblackstone2501
      @stevenblackstone2501 2 місяці тому

      @HoffmanReproductions oh ok cool . I'm in northeast ky now but I need to come up to Zanesville this summer perhaps I can get some then . I just shot some poplar today and it is very good !

  • @royberry6673
    @royberry6673 2 місяці тому

    light and could be used on a trap line . as traps are heavy , less to drag around .