Cold Steel Ames 1849 Rifleman’s knife… now sharpened

Original Ames 1860 Cutlass

Windlass 1860 Ames Naval Cutlass Review: Trash or Treasure?

Working on the Relic Ames blade.

Ames 1860 Naval cutlass, disassembled and ready for a new beginning.

Relic 1860 Ames Cutlass.

A Brief History of the 1849 Rifleman’s Knife, and the US Mounted Rifles.

Ames 1849 Rifleman's Knife markings: Real VS Fake.

The Ames 1849 Rifleman's Knife: Review of some (not so) common reproductions.

Back to the Bowie knife in 2024

Range testing the ammo pouch.

What can we do with the blade?

Old, rusty and broken....but salvageable?

Ammo pouch for revolvers and lever actions.

My First Pistol, Revisited.

Completed holster for Pietta 1860 Army.

A little stitching.

Pietta Colt 1860 holster making, comments on totin' iron. IMG 3141

Colt 1860 Army needs leather...

Why folding knives suck.

Ignition switch teardown- problem areas and what to look for.

Fixing cracked ignition switch housing.

Harley Davidson boot knife by Tec X

Civivi Terzuola Knife review

How many brake disk bolts can I break?

I broke something....again.

ALL old bikes are hopeless basketcases!

KZ1000: will it ever run?

Springtime bike woes....

Starting the shop woodstove…