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Finally Finished

I'm happy to announce that I've completed the fowling piece I have been working on. I apologize for not posting my progress sooner. Along with some other projects, I've been...

Silicone Mold Making

Hello! For those of you I didn't get to meet in August at the CLA show in Lexington, I'm Jim's girlfriend, Katherine. I do my best to help out in...

Relief Thumb Piece

Hey there everyone. Time for another post... In this segment, I'll show some of the steps used to make a steel thumb piece for the fowling piece I've been working...

Barrel Finishing

It's been a while since I've last posted here, so I wanted to take a little time to discuss some of what I've been working on recently. Barrel finishing isn't...

Relief Hardware Finishing

For the last several days, I've been working on shaping and polishing hardware on the 17th century fowling piece introduced in the last post. Some of the hardware was copied...

Staining and Finishing Burl Maple

Hello Everyone. As promised, I will be posting periodically to my blog. So here it goes...For the last while I've been building a late 17th century or early 18th century...