The fifth Foxfire volume includes rain-making, blacksmithing, bear hunting, flintlock rifles, and more.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Some information useful to black powder gunsmiths,
By Valerie (Near Disaster) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Foxfire 5 (Paperback)
There are some good pictures of gun smiths in this book, performing various techniques. Also a pretty good history of gun smiths, if that sort of thing interests you. The guns they show are flint lock.
The black smithing, horse shoeing and iron making are pretty slim. How to make a horse shoe, cow bell, and stove poker are about it. They discuss how they rebuilt the iron furnace, but not how to use it. I would recommend this book only to black powder gunsmiths, or those interested in rifle history.
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As always, a pleasure to read and apply,
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One of our nation's treasures is being lost one person at a time, and because of Eliot Wigginton, at least some of the treasure is being documented. The people of Appalachia have been marginalized and treated as backwoods hicks and hillbillies, only because of their poverty. That is what makes the richness of their culture all the more amazing. These people live on what an average family throws away every day. They're frugal, resourceful, and highly intelligent. This book only serves to prove it. If you haven't spent time with hill people, your live is incomplete.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Another "MUST HAVE" for your bookshelf,
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If you enjoy the Appalachian culture, you'll love the FOXFIRE books. Volume No. 5 covers bear hunting, blacksmithing and gun making. If you've never read these books, it may be difficult, since the text is written in the vernacular of the mountain folk, but this adds to the charm and "character" of the books. The bear hunting stories wer entertaining, but I really enjoyed reading about Hacker Martin and Hershall House. If you want to know how life really was in the Smokey Mountains, read this book.
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The story of Will Zoellner reveals a man of the mountains, a son of German immigrants, who is notorious among local folk for his epic hunting tales and respected in his profession as a blacksmith. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ramrod hole, clapper stem, tallow hole, rifling guide, heel caulk, collar staple, toe caulk, glasslike slag, ramrod pipes, brass patch box, trigger plate, browning solution, anvil horn, wrist portion, vent pick, barrel groove, mountain rifle, patch boxes, grip rail, making rifles, early guns, guide groove, strike dog, forge welding, charging point Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, Hacker Martin, Earl Lanning, Civil War, Wallace Gusler, Garnett Powell, Glenn Griffin, Bill Large, New York, Muzzle Blasts, Phillip Gillespie, Bob Burress, Will Zoellner, Colonial Williamsburg, Habersham County, Hershel House, John Bulgin, Taylor Crockett, West Virginia, Blue Valley, South Carolina, Lee Tippett, Phillip Sitton, Henderson County, Lester Smith New!
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The story of Will Zoellner reveals a man of the mountains, a son of German immigrants, who is notorious among local folk for his epic hunting tales and respected in his profession as a blacksmith. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ramrod hole, clapper stem, tallow hole, rifling guide, heel caulk, collar staple, toe caulk, glasslike slag, ramrod pipes, brass patch box, trigger plate, browning solution, anvil horn, wrist portion, vent pick, barrel groove, mountain rifle, patch boxes, grip rail, making rifles, early guns, guide groove, strike dog, forge welding, charging point Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, Hacker Martin, Earl Lanning, Civil War, Wallace Gusler, Garnett Powell, Glenn Griffin, Bill Large, New York, Muzzle Blasts, Phillip Gillespie, Bob Burress, Will Zoellner, Colonial Williamsburg, Habersham County, Hershel House, John Bulgin, Taylor Crockett, West Virginia, Blue Valley, South Carolina, Lee Tippett, Phillip Sitton, Henderson County, Lester Smith New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Daniel Boone by Patricia Miles Martin on page 216, and page 283
- Pennsylvania Kentucky Rifle by Rh Value Publishing on page 436
- The Civil War: In the Writings of Col. G.F.R. Henderson by G. F. R. Henderson on page 86
- From the banks of the Oklawaha by Frank L FitzSimons on page 84
- The Kentucky Rifle (Longrifle) by John Dillin on page 435
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