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Flintlock Rifles with Hershel House 

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Those who say movies are all stunts and props should take a closer look. A Kentucky craftsman, whose hand-made masterpieces have been in the hands of the big screens biggest names, shares his story airs this weekend, September 5 and 6, on Kentucky Afield TV.
Since the 1960s, Butler Countys Hershel House has been crafting the finest Kentucky Longrifles in the world and in Tinsel Town. Built for both collecting and black powder hunting season, the period-perfect guns are authentic in every detail. The Woodbury resident gives host Tim Farmer a front-row seat to his log cabin workshop. Of course, you have likely seen Houses work already in the hands of mega stars Mel Gibson and Russell Crowe in recent box office hits.

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@OMGWUNSIU
@OMGWUNSIU 4 месяца назад
A life well lived. RIP brother
@buckskinsblackpowder7106
@buckskinsblackpowder7106 5 месяцев назад
Rest in peace Hershel!
@phantomcaptain13
@phantomcaptain13 11 лет назад
I have a Hershel House .40 cal flintlock that I inherited from my father when he passed. Pop was a buckskinner and used to take us to Friendship when I was a little one. I still shoot BP and strive to keep the traditions alive. It's one of my prized and treasured possessions.
@dtlongrifles
@dtlongrifles 8 лет назад
Hershel House is a national treasure.
@ernestclements7398
@ernestclements7398 4 года назад
Herschel built the rifle that hangs in the ward room of the USS Kentucky the only flint lock rifle in the submarine fleet and the first sub my nephew ever set foot on!
@LUCKYB.
@LUCKYB. 2 года назад
You aint a Kidding .
@garethpattinson2099
@garethpattinson2099 4 года назад
Amazing to see the craftsmen at work keeping these skills alive.
@sarahjacobs1161
@sarahjacobs1161 3 года назад
Keep this man alive. When the apocalypse happens, flintlocks would be the only tech we would have left..
@slavensmolcic
@slavensmolcic Год назад
Hold my bow and arrows. 😀 But yes,of all those fire arms today,flintlocks (and matchlocks) are the one that could be functional when the ammo is gone.
@roymartin4771
@roymartin4771 6 лет назад
Every young man should sit around his wood stove and listen to the knowledge and stories he has.
@munahidayati8502
@munahidayati8502 5 лет назад
Today
@ecr-9341
@ecr-9341 4 года назад
“Everytime an old man dies, a library burns...”
@burtvhulberthyhbn7583
@burtvhulberthyhbn7583 8 лет назад
boy this was a pleasure to watch.
@coltonregal1797
@coltonregal1797 7 лет назад
This guy went poking around his neighbor's barn when he was a kid and she gave him a black powder gun. Sounds like every daydream I had when I was nine years old.
@nejiniisan1265
@nejiniisan1265 5 лет назад
My great grandpa taught me how to to shoot a caplock gun he made when I was 13, when he passed away I restored it, recalls me good memories.
@jasondutchman6736
@jasondutchman6736 5 лет назад
As someone who lived in Crittenden county, KY and still have family there as well as participated in many reenactments and rendezvous, owning a flintlock from this man has always been and sadly still is on my bucket list. He is a world-class black powder rifle and pistol maker and I live for the day I can be lucky enough to get one.
@NJtuber88
@NJtuber88 6 лет назад
Great to see real craftsmanship being practiced in this country. Thank you very much for this video.
@joyceclemons3916
@joyceclemons3916 4 года назад
I took his and John's extended class in Jackson Ohio in 2012. Great experience. Great men.
@robertbrunston5406
@robertbrunston5406 7 лет назад
Thank you so much, it's so nice to see any thing from the House family.
@jimg691
@jimg691 7 лет назад
Thanks for this video, it's like going back in time. Outstanding craftsmanship from an modest down to earth man.
@MrPatriotOne
@MrPatriotOne 15 лет назад
What a man, and what a history! Thanks for posting this!!! Mulebrain!
@madogmedic
@madogmedic 9 лет назад
Really amazing. Its great to see how they're made.
@lestermiller2717
@lestermiller2717 6 лет назад
I got to see some of his wonderful guns about 12 years ago just incredible work.
@spanisharmada6460
@spanisharmada6460 10 лет назад
Love these videos...Great artwork...American Greatness
@gordonhazel697
@gordonhazel697 4 года назад
He would be a national treasure! I hope he is keeping well and still building those ver fine rifles and guns
@opalprestonshirley1700
@opalprestonshirley1700 10 лет назад
Awesome video. Hershel House is a true master. Thanks.
@markslovak8069
@markslovak8069 10 лет назад
I was inspired by the articles in Foxfire books as well and poured over the techniques Hershel House used. I deeply admire him for his authenticity and use of 'found' materials to make flintlock masterpieces.
@tomcata1467
@tomcata1467 5 лет назад
Great video and a great guy, Hershel House. Many of the early Texas pioneers brought their Kentucky flint and steel rifles with them, from other Southern States, when they immigrated to Texas. They were put to good use at the Alamo and at San Jacinto and on the wild prairies.
@denismorend3884
@denismorend3884 4 года назад
Very good black powder, without delays, excellent manufacturing of both the rifle and its components .. congratulations.
@rickyburton4642
@rickyburton4642 5 лет назад
Thank God for Mr. Hershel and his family! Beautiful guns! 👍👍😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@jmdavis45
@jmdavis45 14 лет назад
I really enjoyed this video. I have read about the House rifles since Foxfire 5 came out when I was a teenager. Thirty years later I still look at them with awe.
@ROBV113
@ROBV113 8 лет назад
Loved this
@harryanderson2683
@harryanderson2683 5 лет назад
really enjoyed, thank you !!!
@jd40boy
@jd40boy 13 лет назад
i am a old gun nut that loves guns, and own many, and have met with several well known names in the gun building trade. but without doubt my favorite gun related experience ever, was looking up Hershal unanounced at his home in woodbury ky a few years back, to discuss a little left handed squirrel rifle he had built for a family member he was very gracious and welcoming, and i stepped back in time when i entered his residence and gun shop.
@drew11pd
@drew11pd 14 лет назад
I read about Hershel in the Foxfire books. He makes a rifle, step by step for the book, in the 1970's. Makes a pretty gun. Glad to see he's still as passionate about it today.
@larryreese6146
@larryreese6146 5 лет назад
Love the old guns. Made a couple myself, nothing in the league of the ones made by Hershel. Been a fan of his for a good while. If I could afford one of his guns I'd buy it.
@messerist
@messerist 12 лет назад
Hershel House is a inspirational gun builder and all around great guy!
@fullstrutn
@fullstrutn 6 лет назад
never met a more talented but yet humble man
@cvcoco
@cvcoco 5 лет назад
+fullstrutn I know what you mean and there is another one, he makes slingshots (dont laugh), I think also in KY. He is on YT and I wanted to trek across the country just to meet and talk to such a talented and humble old fellow. Several things are sad here and among them is that House and others like him are spit on by the Left whereas in my mind Id want, and never be prouder than to have someone like House or the slingshot fellow as president of the united states.
@hasdrubal121
@hasdrubal121 6 лет назад
Things of beauty made by a gentleman.
@craigschiller1599
@craigschiller1599 5 лет назад
HH. What a legend. What a kraftsman. 👍
@jlb1369
@jlb1369 15 лет назад
Tim, Thanks for the great video! Mr. House is a true artist! Please feel free to post any other video that you have on this gentleman
@george4163
@george4163 13 лет назад
Enjoyed the video,it was nice to finally put a face to a name i see often.Right down home type of shop.Griz
@453421abcdefg12345
@453421abcdefg12345 6 лет назад
Excellent video ! You can see the hazards involved with shooting a flintlock from the left shoulder, I wonder why Carmen does not make his rifle with a left hand lock. Many thanks for posting this gem !
@rwl0323
@rwl0323 6 лет назад
Beautiful!
@bluegrassrootstv
@bluegrassrootstv 15 лет назад
Great story, well told, shot, and edited. Good job! Jack
@fload46d
@fload46d 7 месяцев назад
Beautiful.
@robertqueberg4612
@robertqueberg4612 5 лет назад
Yes Hershel, I had Singing Wheels in school also. Beautiful work.
@TheMotorhead51
@TheMotorhead51 5 лет назад
I still have a Sing Wheels book
@johannesvanhoek9080
@johannesvanhoek9080 3 года назад
Thoroughly enjoyed the video,
@NS2CR
@NS2CR 14 лет назад
Hershel is a true gentleman and an amazing artist. I am proud to call him, and his brothers John and Frank, my friends.
@thebigfellar7178
@thebigfellar7178 4 года назад
where do you go to buy one of his flintlock's?
@tyrssen1
@tyrssen1 11 лет назад
Wow -- absolutely amazing. My hat's off to Herschel and John, both.
@ernestclements7398
@ernestclements7398 4 года назад
Don t forget Frank he was one of the first friends I made when I started out in the hobby!
@kraken1569
@kraken1569 7 лет назад
love this video
@williamscott2461
@williamscott2461 5 лет назад
Hershel House got me into black powder, and I enjoyed any story about Hacker Martin and his engraver friend, Lester Smith who died way too young
@KYLEfromMN1
@KYLEfromMN1 15 лет назад
those guns are beautiful
@joycecoyle4092
@joycecoyle4092 8 лет назад
I'd love to watch mechanics of The Craft and Hershel house is certainly one of them
@longbowmanjimmy
@longbowmanjimmy 11 лет назад
I had no idea they had traditional only seasons. This is a fantastic video and I'd love to get into contact with this man for hunting in Illinois, Lost arts like this and bowyer (bow making) are great examples of beautiful cultural history
@famesaro65
@famesaro65 10 лет назад
Nice video thanks
@billbobaggins801
@billbobaggins801 5 лет назад
Old school!!! Just what America was made from, I wish I lived back in the day. Men were men, and you had to be a man or die. Sad,,,,what we have become. I love my 54 Cal .....Ken Netting. Great video and you are amazing.
@battlehammer4388
@battlehammer4388 5 лет назад
Too COOL !!!!! So Awesome.
@kylongrifle
@kylongrifle 12 лет назад
Absolute master at what he does..Looking at someone like Hershel or Frank's work makes craftsman want to be better,,
@brucey39
@brucey39 12 лет назад
It's just so much nicer to have something that is made by hand .
@barrysmith5005
@barrysmith5005 5 лет назад
Fantastic 😀
@andrewlambert7246
@andrewlambert7246 2 года назад
I am also in love with them!
@scottmichels14
@scottmichels14 5 лет назад
Nice Work
@tom_olofsson
@tom_olofsson 6 лет назад
Amazing.
@Highlander0766
@Highlander0766 7 лет назад
Wow, what an American treasure.
@ronsbeerreviewstools4361
@ronsbeerreviewstools4361 6 лет назад
He sure has a gift on making those Flintlocks.
@spartencamp
@spartencamp 13 лет назад
A True American Craftsman !
@PS3WPRODUCTIONS
@PS3WPRODUCTIONS 14 лет назад
now i really want one of these
@JAMEYSIMMS
@JAMEYSIMMS 4 года назад
I love this
@monkfry
@monkfry 9 лет назад
Don't get me wrong. These guys are A#1 in my book! But I had to kinda chuckle when I saw the "vice grips" in the process. Sometimes you need the modern tools. Cool post.
@silverado669
@silverado669 9 лет назад
Pretty obvious that he doesn't....
@monkfry
@monkfry 9 лет назад
You missed the point Spicoli.
@thisaccountisntreal107
@thisaccountisntreal107 5 лет назад
Those vice grips save you the trouble of squeezing two handles together all day while youre pounding the steel
@nonyobussiness3440
@nonyobussiness3440 5 лет назад
Back in the day some sorry child with grips would hold it
@JuliaLeighBrooks
@JuliaLeighBrooks 3 года назад
KENTUCKY PROUD. Not just fast horses & BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. But FUN pioneers like u that leaves behind more than gun powder. But legends as well. ♡♡♡
@cvcoco
@cvcoco 5 лет назад
I doubt I could ever afford one of these fine guns. I worry the craft isnt being handed down and will be lost forever.
@davidhocker7059
@davidhocker7059 5 лет назад
Well you ought to try getting into one of The WOODBURY schools gunsmithing class. One goes home with a gun made during the school
@ernestclements7398
@ernestclements7398 4 года назад
Don t worry about that there are several new generation builder s carrying forth the art just get a copy of Muzzle Loader Magazine or Early American Life and you'll see their ads
@matthewmullins7100
@matthewmullins7100 3 года назад
Ky afraid is awesome
@robertabell9182
@robertabell9182 4 года назад
Very cool guys get er done all day long
@robertmillen2967
@robertmillen2967 Год назад
Nice!
@william.phelps650
@william.phelps650 4 года назад
He was my dads best friend growing up.
@vincentrosa9631
@vincentrosa9631 5 лет назад
Very nice
@Koloherides
@Koloherides 4 года назад
that was great.
@barbagellou
@barbagellou 14 лет назад
quel travail magnifique.....bravo , toutes mes felicitations.
@ColKorn1965
@ColKorn1965 8 лет назад
Everything is better when there is a dawg involved.
@mohammadshah3496
@mohammadshah3496 2 года назад
Great!
@larryclare5677
@larryclare5677 5 лет назад
Funny I read the same book up in Ont. Canada not in school just reading old fellow next door gave it to me I immediately started playing Hoky and hunting fishing chasing bees and eating wild stuff wonder my Dad didn't kill me but a grew up got and education made a living and still play Hoky fish, hunt with muzzle loaders (real ones) and have a great time. I red that book about 65yrs ago and can still see the cover plain as day must have had a great effect on mme
@CallMeBulb
@CallMeBulb 11 лет назад
I see Hershel house every day
@animefantasypro
@animefantasypro 15 лет назад
awesome
@larryadams2184
@larryadams2184 5 месяцев назад
You will be missed. Rest in peace. And gods speed.
@karlswaringim3332
@karlswaringim3332 2 года назад
Outstanding. Would love to get a rifle made by those men
@kentuckyjustice1408
@kentuckyjustice1408 4 года назад
I'd love to get to Woodbury and watch these guys work their craft. If he went into someone's barn and found a gun these days, they'd call the law, have him arrested and charged with Burglary, convicted and sent to the Dept. of Juvenile Justice. What happened to the good ole days.
@huntingthekaiser6490
@huntingthekaiser6490 5 лет назад
Cool video. I'd like to have seen the damage a 60 caliber round shot does. Lewis and Clark had to use flintlocks on grizzly bears and, they say, it took repeated shots to bring most of them down.
@EGCblackknight
@EGCblackknight 14 лет назад
most of the long rifles usualy fell some where between .28 to .54 caliber depending on what area it was made in. But you can get one built in about any caliber you want. A good custom long rifle usualy starts at around $2000 US
@larryclare5677
@larryclare5677 Год назад
Thìß is a very old book I had one as a young boy 8!!9 yrs old the fellow that gave it to me was at least75 at the time and said he had used it as a "reader during his short time in shool
@donaldbarnett8045
@donaldbarnett8045 4 года назад
My dad and his brother were poking around in an abandoned barn up in Arkansas when they were boys an found an old muzzleloading double barreled shotgun up over a rafter. It had one broken hamer. That would have been back about 1916.
@cristiandanielpopescu4793
@cristiandanielpopescu4793 5 лет назад
Super!!
@javiercamiloromero4512
@javiercamiloromero4512 3 года назад
MAESTRO !!!!
@SirFrederick
@SirFrederick 4 года назад
It never dawned on me that the wet patch will clean the musket when loading.
@vinceland63000
@vinceland63000 6 лет назад
hi, thanks for the video. can you tell us camera you used to make the video ?
@nictaylor3848
@nictaylor3848 4 месяца назад
This is awesome. Reminds me of a series that was on TV a few years back. Guy who forges rifle components, knives, etc and also makes the stocks himself. Youngish guy with blondish hair. Anyone know what the series was called?
@alfamale9525
@alfamale9525 4 года назад
we are out here those of us who lived that life of old barns, old wagons, and stories from old men and their old women. tough young, are hard to talk too these days. they gots too much on their minds.
@johnnyw.mckelveyjr.2366
@johnnyw.mckelveyjr.2366 4 года назад
I would love to own one of theses rifles
@AGUNASSUTI-70
@AGUNASSUTI-70 4 года назад
Maravilhoso!!
@FreeRange1234
@FreeRange1234 5 лет назад
you would think Mr, House would have a left handed guy laying around he could shoot
@matthewgarza2865
@matthewgarza2865 5 лет назад
I want one of his guns he made
@rayst.2934
@rayst.2934 Год назад
I built a pennsylvania rifle from Herchel House drawings that I purchased from him .I wish I still had that book.. I wonder if Mel Gibson kept that rifle from the movie.
@charlesjenkins615
@charlesjenkins615 5 месяцев назад
Never met the gentleman. I learned of him from the Fox fire book I built my first rifle using some of the information from his article! His kind are few and far apart watch your top knot ✌️
@Whitpusmc
@Whitpusmc 5 лет назад
One question, with the caveat that I know he knows infinitely more than I do and I’m just trying to learn. I have been told that the condition of a muzzle crown is key to the accuracy of the rifle. Doesn’t the use of a patch knife at the muzzle damage that crown? Risk damaging the crown? Where am I going off the rails here please.
@rebel1861ky
@rebel1861ky 14 лет назад
How do you make a trigger pull easyer on a flintlock.I have a replica 1777 Charleville Musket and the trigger pull is real hard,and make me pull off bad.Ive never had a musket with a pull this hard.
@65stang98
@65stang98 Год назад
the guy from HYAfield looks like mel gibsons brother lmaoooooo
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