Work by Eric Fleisher

 

Photography from Eric Fleisher's Facebook.

Powder Horn and Penny Knives by Art DeCamp with Hunting Pouch by Eric Fleisher

 

I just finished mating this bag & horn together.  The horn is by me and is a banded North Carolina horn in the Randolph County style.  The bag is by Eric Fleisher and has a neatly repaired bullet hole in the front panel of the pouch.

I will be teaching a 4-1/2 day class on making Tennessee and Kentucky style screw-tip or pinned tip horns and then a 2-1/2 day class on making a Penny Knife.  This is a new class for me and I'm excited to see how this class goes.  I think the very simple (only four parts) Penny Knife is a perfect accoutrement for the bottom of any hunting pouch as it will work to cut patches or other cutting needs and could take care of deer or other game in a pinch.  

Copy and photography supplied by Art DeCamp.

Antique Horn with Strap by Eric Fleisher

 
This is the powder horn that was shown with the Steven Lalioff pouch yesterday.

Photography by Jan Riser.

Canter's Cave Raffle

This entire set was made as a donation to Canter's Cave in Jackson Ohio to raise funds for their 4H shooting sports program. There will be a raffle which I currently have no info on - It is slated to be advertised in Muzzleloader Magazine and I will update as soon as there's more to tell.

This project was suggested by Ken Gahagan at last year's Gunmakers' Workshop. Initially he and I were just going to build a gun to donate, but other instructors who teach the classes out there and a few helpful students quickly got on board and offered to help out. We ended up with this full set of items. I'll add more info with the individual photos. For info on the classes offered at Canter's Cave , see the Southern Ohio Artisan Workshops website - www.southernohioartisanworkshops.com

This set is to be at the Lake Cumberland Show.

Powder horn by Gary Ludwig with woven strap by Maryellen Pratt

Knife by John House and Ian Pratt

Smoothrifle by Ian Pratt and Ken Gahagan.

Hammer Poll Tomahawk by Rich McDonald with carrier by Jeanne McDonald

(not shown - ball pouch donated by Eric Fleisher)

Ken Gahagan and I started building the gun during the 2 weeks of gun classes in January - was nice to be able to use it as a demonstration piece for the students.

The gun is a 12 gauge smoothrifle. The stock blank, barrel and lock were paid for by Ken and several students in the gun class. I forged the iron buttplate and trigger guard (both of which Ken fitted with some cool brass embellishments) and got the stock shaping started while Ken made sideplate, pipes, muzzle cap and trigger. We both kind of jumped back and forth on inletting parts. Ken took it home after our class and worked on it for a while longer getting the shaping and details worked out, then shipped it up to me to make a patchbox plus relief carving and finish work.

Cool mix of brass and iron fittings - the pipes and muzzle cap were also done in brass

Hog hide pouch by Maryellen Pratt, instructor of Leatherwork and More class

Antler handled knife by John House - Knifemakers' Workshop instructor, and Ian Pratt - Gunmakers' workshop instructor

Knife by John House and Ian Pratt. Blade stamped with the Southern Ohio Artisan Workshops touchmark.

Nice very thinly scraped powder horn with cherry base plug by Gary Ludwig, with woven strap by Maryellen Pratt

Great hammer poll hawk with carrier by Rich and Jeanne McDonald. Rich teaches the Tomahawk / Belt Axe Workshop and Jeanne teaches Leatherwork and More

Hammer poll hawk by Rich McDonald. Todd Butler and Joe Mcgee assisted in shaping and filing the head after Rich forged it.

Ball pouch made by Eric Fleisher

Copy and photos supplied by Ian Pratt.

Artist at the 18th Century Artisans Show

Shot Pouches by Eric Fleisher here

Pouch #186

8 ¾” wide x 6” high. 1 ½” wide gusset. Vegetable tanned cow hide leather and vegetable tanned goat hide trim. Hand sewn with linen thread. The cow hide adjustable strap is 1 ¼” wide with an iron buckle. 2 ¾” x 6 ½” internal pocket. Antiqued brass flap button. 

John Moll Sr, Lehigh Valley

Eric von Eschwege Klintlocks

More photos and information can be found here

George Schreyer, Sr.

Wrought Iron Flint Striker

Cabin Creek Muzzleloader with Brad and Shane Emig

More photos can be found here

18th Century Style Turn Screw by Brad

This 18th Century style turn screw is entirely hand made from original, unworked 18th Century Wrought Iron. It is constructed from one solid piece of iron and decorated with a suppressed ball turning, ogee moldings and hand engraved finial. It was finished off using the correct heat treating technology of the period to ensure proper function and longevity during use.   It measures 3″ in overall length.

 Early Philadelphia screw-tip horn with band, along with a small Lehigh style screw-tip priming horn

Art DeCamp

More work can be found here

North Carolina 4-Banded horn of Randolph County style

This circa 1790's to 1810 North Carolina horn is patterned after originals. The maple wood butt has a long button for strap attachment, with brass headed tack in the center of the button.  There is a contrasting wide horn band at the butt end of the horn and three contrasting horn bands are on the natural colored semi-translucent horn body.  The two-piece turned antler tip is pinned to the spout end of the horn.

This horn measures approximately 12" across, 2-1/2" diameter at the butt and could be carried either right or left side.  It will ride perfectly on a hunting bag.

"Buckskin Bow Case and Quiver"

Paintings and Prints by Andrew Knez, Jr.

More work here

Rifle and Powder Horn by Art DeCamp with Hunting Pouch by Eric Fleisher

A John Armstrong style rifle the I made last year, along with a Late Philadelphia screw-tip horn also by me, along with a nice bag by Eric Fleisher.  

This rifle won Best of Show at Dixon's Gun Makers Fair judging in 2017.  

Copy and photos suppled by Art DeCamp.

Shot Pouches by Eric Fleisher for the 18th Century Artisan Show

Photos supplied by Eric Fleisher.

Shot Pouch #161 by Eric Fleisher

I attached some photos of my most recent shot pouch project. 

I was recently commissioned to make a bench copy of original shot pouch that was recovered from an estate in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.  The bag is 8 1/4" wide by 8" high.  The bag is made from vegetable tanned harness leather, like the original. There is a center divider in the bag.  The strap is attached with the smooth side of the leather against the carrier's body. 

Copy and photos supplied by Eric Fleisher.