You really should make some more videos. One of the best out there. Besides only can watch your videos maybe twice. Have watched some three times now. Interesting stuff you do.
Excellent video. I love your presentation and dialogue. As an aside the musket ball was not dropped down 'bare'. It was contained in a paper cartridge and once the powder was tipped down, the still wrapped ball followed it. The powder end of the paper tube crumpled up on the powder at the bottom of the bore forming a wad and holding the ball in place above it. Accuracy was far better than too often subscribed. But back to these superb videos .....................
Very interesting. I'm into socket bayonets but there isnt much info out there that I have found about the forging of them back in the day. So this is ver interestung to see how you will do this!
Hi Rowan, I always enjoy your videos and your thorough description of not just the process but sometimes the background of the process or item being made. A more scholarly point of view. I'm curious what cad package you use.
Fullering it to the tip leaves one to wonder by trying to improve the penetrating power they had steel quality issues to hide the fact they often snapped a few!
The last word I would use to describe you is "lazy." I would rather say that you had better things to do with your time than to add fluting to your CAD drawing. Lloving the new project!
To trump the Shiloh reference. Fort Whoop Up has a bess that was used in the Belly River battle in 1874. Had an Enfield rod and was held together with fence staples and rawhide
Love the new set up video. It's just too bad that you didn't pick the later 1865 Enfield 3 band rifle. I happen to have one of those and would love to forge a bayonet for it. Guess I will have to do the leg work instead of you... Keep it up Mate!
RCotter Hammering the 3 band model was p1853. I want to forge one also. This should show some of the basic steps involved. If you want we could share info on this project. a good start would be period U.S ordnance manuals as they were very similar to Springfield bayonets.
This video series is going to be great, I know it. But: When you talk to the camera, your eyes always avoid to look in the camera, thats a bit strange after some time. You don't have to hide yourself! (I Know its not easy to talk into a camera, thats why I almost never do it :)
