The Book of Buckskinning II

   Chapter 1: Why Buckskinners Create by Dick "Beau Jacues" House
    Chapter 2: Working With Leather by Pat Tearney
   Chapter 3: 18th Century Clothing by Beth Gilgun
   Chapter 4: Horseback Travel by Jeff Hengesbaugh
   Chapter 5: Design & Construction of Powder Horns by Don Wright
   Chapter 6: Firemaking by Warren "Hawk" Boughton
   Chapter 7: Traveling Afoot & By Canoe by Ralph "Two Shoots" Marcum
   Chapter 8: Making Camp Gear by George Glenn
   Chapter 9: Gun Tune-Up & Care by J.W. "Doc" Carlson

264 pages. 8-1/2" X 11".

ISBN: 0-9605666-2-7

$20.95

BUCKSKINNING IS THE ONLY HOBBY, whether followed on American soil or in distant lands, in which making your own equipment is, by the very nature of the pastime, as much a part of it as the enjoyment of the hobby itself.

There, in a nub, is the reason that buckskinners have returned to the primitive crafts and simple ways of producing not only the vintage-styled weapons they shoot, but the utensils they use, the lodges that shield them from the elements, the coverings on their backs, legs and feet, and the foofurraw and finery that lends style and dash to their outfits.

Without its art, its crafts and its creativity, buckskinning would be without a very essential dimension. You don't have to build your own, but your enjoyment of buckskinning is enhanced if you can...and do.

Underneath it all is an art. It was an art form that had flourished for centuries in America and then died or at least became seriously ill generations ago. It took the buckskinner movement to breath new life into the art form over the past 20 or so years.

Let's face it, in the possibles of buckskinning, this truly American art form is emerging again. Interestingly--and uniquely--the buckskinner who builds his or her own gear is both the designer and the model, the painter and the canvas, the sculptor and the sculpture. On the framework of his own body, he drapes and hangs the results of his buckskinner art and craft. The medium becomes the message--I am a buckskinner. Where the artist hauls out canvas and brushes and the tubes of oils and acrylics, the buckskinner's canvas is himself and his brushes and oils are wood and metal, leather and beads. The traditional artist or sculptor stands back and looks at his craft; the buckskinner wears and uses his.

Dick "Beau Jacques" House

"Why Buckskinners Create"

Chapter 5 emphasizes the design and construction of powder horns. Page 121 illustrates how to measure a base plug and what kind of wood is used. Reference many different horns and how to construct them.

SAMPLE PAGES

Chapter 9 explores the most basic and the most complicated part of the muzzle loading sport, gun tune-up and care. Page 242 depicts the flintlock's components. Learn how to load, clean, tune, refinish and much more with Book of Buckskinning II.

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