Fellers, thanks for the kind comments about the fowler & tutorial. The little girl weighs in at exactly 3 pounds. I'm afraid that if I sneeze pretty hard, the barrel will take a bend. She shoulders up very well and sure is a pointer. Since retiring from custom gun building last January, those projects on the wall for the past 30 years are starting to get done. My next project for myself will be a little off-hand percussion with a full maple stock. The stripe in this is absolutely unbelieveable. The stripes are 1/8" apart, even as a deck of cards, for the stock's entire length. Pretty rare stuff for a native Iowa river bottom stick. This one will be brass mounted and a full dresser as far this ol'hoss is concerned. Cheers, Bookie

nice gun

Hi Steven and all! It's been a long time!
Well, Bookie just keeps getting us amazed at how wonderful a work he does with his guns. All we have to do is watch and yet learn more from you.
Keep them coming, old friend, 'cause you are a public asset now!
Back to the salt mines,
Dr. Fox

Oh, I forgot: Halloween is coming, so here I am posting the picture of my alter ego Jack-the-nice-guy. Ain't he a pretty boy?

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Oops! The uploading has gone awry. Here is the picture. NOW HE IS JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED ON HALLOWEEN!

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3 pounds. Chief has used bows that weighed more.

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Originally posted by Chief Kicks a Hole in the Soup:
3 pounds. Chief has used bows that weighed more.

Hey Chief, one can use that lightweight gun as a fishing rod, too!
But you've got to agree: that's one beautiful gun Bookie made!

Back to the salt mines,

Dr. Fox (who has Jack at home)

Hey thar Dr. "Fox on the run"..... How did you sneak out of the salt mines?

Hoot Al

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Originally posted by Hoot Al:
Hey thar Dr. "Fox on the run"..... How did you sneak out of the salt mines?

Hoot Al

Hey Al!
I ran!
It suddenly came back to me: there is a Campfire! So when I peaked in, here he was: Bookie and his brand spanking new fowler.
Well, being plain dirty-rotten-mean and nasty s.o.b. myself,(learned that one from Bookie, too! ), I thought I would post a word or two...

Bookie made one beautiful gun! He is really an asset (not a cursing word) to this community.
I keep learning from him a lot, as should we all. We have to. We must. (my personal opinion).

Had it as a project to make a drilling/reaming bench (similar to the one Steven used to have), but can't get a straight skewed cut along the board for the sliding carriage. I have the head of the bench ready and awaiting installation.

Steven's DVD on rifling and reaming is very informative, and will serve as a good bench reference material, as will the book on the Iowa rifler.

Looked at your projects from time to time as well: good!

Well, it's time for Jack to get back to salt mines: there is work, and more work.
Please convince Bookie to post some more pictures on his work.
I'm sure the 'fire folks will be glad to see them. I know I will.

Back to the salt mines... all work and no play...

everybody, have a good'un!

Dr.Fox (who still got Jack at home)