Wayne Milton

December 23, 2015 at 1:24pm, surrounded by family and friends Wayne Milton left this world for the next. If you hear thunder tonight, he is in heaven and those who went there before him are already roaring with laughter.

From now on, when you feel raindrops, know that he is entertaining the angels and they are laughing their eyes out.

Wayne was truly a one of a kind.

The physical world lost an incredible soul today, one who had the unique ability to see something good in everything.

Share with us his loss, but more importantly, share with us the incredible spice he brought to life.

Eternal rest grant unto Milton, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Photos and copy from Wayne Milton Tribute Page on Facebook.

Quillwork by Cathy Sibley

Photos supplied by Scott Sibley.

Double Hunting Pouch by Eric Ewing with Ron Hess Powder Horn

Photos supplied by Eric Ewing at Ewing's Creek Pouches and Accoutrements.

Ken Gahagan Rifle After Peter Angstadt

Photos supplied by Ken Gahagan.

English Fowler and Hunting Set by Geoffroy Levy

I just finished the project started seven year ago when I came back from one year in Canada. 

Episodically working on it, I created a complete fowl hunting gear making any metal part out of wood but using, as much as possible, traditional skills for carving, sewing, staining and finishing.

This set includes:

-          An English fowler based on a real antique broken stock. It has all the features of a real fowler (Octagon to round pined barrel, ramrod, inlets…) but entirely made of wood.

-          A powder horn with a wood plug and a strap.

-          A leather and canvas hunting pouch with a loading block, a powder measure, a mallet and a pan brush.

-          A leather tool pouch with spare “flints” and a screw driver.

-          A fire striker and a “flint”.

-          A neck knife and its scabbard

-          A “weeping heart” belt axe and a belt holder.

-          A leather shot bag.

Loving the shape of this kind of weapons, I wanted to explore and acquire the skills needed to create a fowl hunting gear (wood, leather, canvas and horn) including a fowling gun.

I wanted to post the result here to share the final step of a technical and historical journey that has been very rewarding for me along the past seven years for both skills and fun.

Copy and photos supplied by Geoffroy Levy.

Sash by Maryellen Pratt

Photographed at the 2015 CLA Show by Jan Riser.

Fire Buckets by Steven Lalioff

Photo supplied by Steven Lalioff.

Ken Scott Pennsylvania Dutch Shot Bag and Alec Fourman Powder Horn made for Matt Wulff

Photo supplied by Matt Wulff.

Quillwork by Bill Wright

Photos supplied by Bill Wright.

Joe Mills Hunting Pouch, Harris Maupin Powder Horn with a LePage Smoothbore

Photos by Phil Beers.

Late Southwest Virginia Rifle by Gary Rummell

This is my interpretation of a rifle that would have been built and used around the East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and North Carolina Appalachian borders during the early 1800's

Built with a Colerain 44" Oct/Round .40 caliber barrel, modified Davis Late Ketland Lock, Davis double set triggers, Curly Maple stock, Iron hardware and copper inlays and overlays. The entire rifle sports both engraving and low relief carving.

The hunting bag, small bag and leather journal were made by the late Susan Shroyer, the Southern banded horn and bag knife by Steve Shroyer, the pan brush and forged vent pick by myself.

Copy and photos supplied by Gary Rummell of R&A Historic Reproductions.