The easiest way of making match for a musket 

By a remarkable coincidence, I am in the process of building a replica of an early 16th century matchlock. This came at exactly the right time. Thank you very much.

that flogging of peasants with matchlocks anecdote at the end was brutal. 30 years war may be the worst time for being a commoner in the land where the battles were fought.

Fun fact, wood ash can contain potassium hydroxide and not just carbonates. Hydroxide concentration is related to the age of the ash and the temperature the wood burned out

I make mine the same way! Of course, I do share the same source for my information. A couple of tidbits I've picked up from experimenting: 1) Use hemp or linen. Cotton doesn't burn right/well 2) Use braided or woven rope instead of twisted. I've had the twisted type of rope unravel as it burns. 3) You can use pure potassium carbonate (50g per liter)

I have to say now I appreciate what a huge step up flintlocks were compared to matchlocks. Caplocks were a step up but it seems way less of a jump forward for ease of use than the jump between flint and match.

As previously mentioned, your timing is great. I am working on turning a small canon (1" bore) into a swivel gun. I have drilled and coned the touch hole and made a linstock for it so far. I still need to make a monkey tail and something different than the current naval carriage. Thanks for posting, I learn something new every time I watch.

I just ordered a matchlock musket and even though I can get some commercially made slowmatch, now I can make my own, which will keep me totally and 100% without having to buy or look for anything, these days that's not as easy as it once was. Even flints are getting tough to come by where I am!

Very useful! I make my own slow match as well but not as good, now I know how!

What every good matchlock owner needs to know.

Great video! I started out using wood ash lye. I used boiling water and an old t-shirt for making the lye. I use 8mm to 12mm braided hemp rope. I’m the beginning I just bucked it twice, but now I use pure potassium carbonate and a little saltpeter. I tried regular lye, but the match wouldn’t work in damp weather. It’s still a bit like alchemy. Some batches make a nice hot pointed cone, others a round nub that has misfires. I’m trying to figure out if it is the chemicals or the rope. I shoot a 54 caliber 1620s style caliver and compete with it in primitive biathlon. Always great content on capandball.

i boiled matches yesterday and it works perfectly! great guide! thank you for sharing!

"I know extra knowledge but I won't share it in my book" = hire me!

It's a shame the recipes of smellproof and complete waterproof match has been lost in time, maybe on day it'll be rediscover. It makes me wonder do the Chinese, Japanese, Africans, or other European states have similar recipes or is it unique.

fascinating stuff and I still marvel at how beautiful your musket is

Thank you for the advise to make the Cord. The times the guy in the book lives were very different from the times today . The discribtion of the way they harm the enemy is for us brutal and inhuman but that was the time . War is not a clean videogame Thank you for your Video Take care Frank Galetzka

in late XVII century text From Poland they talk about cooking for, if i remember 12 hours, with ashes (no making lye - just adding ashes to do pot) and... horse manure :)

Awesome!! Keep the match lock content coming.

A great and informative video.I Never looked into how the match was made.I Always use flint or percussion ignition. Thanks for sharing from Australia

There is this kite thread that I get from a hardware store nearby, it burns almost like a match, but it is much more thinner, and burns quickly.

Wonderful work.

I read a Dutch East Indies method for making match at sea; it was basically the same as the ash method but urine was used instead of water. Probably because fresh water was too precious at sea and the salt in seawater would produce sparks(?) (Just speculating there)

You omitted step one: Ensure your wife is not home if doing this on her kitchen stove.

Wow. A deceptively simple procedure, but very effective!! I'm going to do this just for fun, even though I don't own a matchlock, (yet) it will be a fun exercise. Thank you for sharing! 🙂

One thing not mentioned here is you can not use any cordage that is or has synthetics

Great content as always!

Thanks for sharing... Interesting information... Something ill hang onto. I can see match cord coming in handy for more then a matchlock.

Very nice. Thank you. Well done,Sir.

Great video. Thanks!

I'm just making my own homemade musket.but it didn't work and I thought the powder was fake so when I pull it out the powder and set it on fire it explodes my face but thankfully it's just smoke.so I search in Google and found this idea of a matchlock so I begin toake one and I question my self on how about the rope,so I found this video and help me so much.thank you for showing on how to make it you kind sir👍

Thank you for a interesting video! 👍

I tried to find something similiar for my musket. Great job.

I always wondered how that worked. TY!

Thank you So Much!!! Making a Fire-Cracker Rifle with a matchlock based mechanism and this is a BIG HELP!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!

Thank you very much👍👍

I love old matchlock muskets. Someday i will buy a repro.

Very cool

Thanks again

Essa arma é sem dúvida a mais apaixonante de todas!

You are always AMAZING! My girlfriend gets jealous of me watching your videos. She say that “he must be a well Hungarian”. She is naughty.

Nice touch on opening credit , thank you. No need to reply. I understand.

I have an original matchlock that is 230 cm long If you're on Germany some time in the area of Nürnberg than you can get it for free I would really like to see it shooting But there is some work to do on it I don't have the knowledge of doing it So if you want to have it Feel free

I finally have a matchlock, I have some 5/16 natural cotton rope, and I have a wood stove full of ash. Time to make some slowmatch.

I use a tablespoon of powder in a pint of vinegar. Its worked so far.

A friend of mine sells an excellent product to be used as tinder for a fire piston etc, . The piston does not get gunked up nearly as bad and the o rings experience far less wear. I am now convinced that this method is what he uses or very close to it, because there is very little smoke , no ash remains and the tinder smolders VERY HOT

great guide! thank you for sharing! Until now my matches burned good but too fast - i used dilution KNO3, so i hope my cords will be much better now - with your "recipe": PS Will you ever come to Komárno/Komárom shooting competion again ? :-)

I always just used linen braid, soaked with a saturated solution of KNO3.

make one on how to make medieval potassium nitrate

Could you post a link to that 16th century manual you were referring to? Sounds like a fascinating read.

Yes..... That fellow from centuries past did sound, well, frightfully friendly...

Ok so now i know I will need some wood ashes or lye ,saltpetre and some natural fibre rope stout enough to hang my enemies to make my slow match properly. that kinda took a dark turn in the recipe

I heard an old recipe using lead acetate.

As Much as I LOVE BP! I think I will pass on Match Locks, too much fire to close to me and my BP, but I still want to Know I COULD! Giong out to Puck a batch of BP overnight under 20K pressure, corned the last batch this afternoon! Have two batches of Pot Ash tea going now. Thank You Sir! May I Have Another/

Génial 😀👌

Oh cool

Wonderfull! I'm very interested in matchlock and wheellock, it's sad that they are so scarce and/or expensive.

Your wife loves these projects!

Where can I find those books you mentioned in your video?

Does it have to be ash from a campfire or could ash from charcoal briquettes also be used?

Another recipie for slow match.... soak in lead acetate. (Basically, lead dissolved in boiling vinegar after the lignin is removed the way you showed in your video).

question: where did you get your "Twelve Apostles" or did you make them?

Yummy Cord soup 🍲

My recipe for the best slow burning match: solve trisodium citrate (Na3C6H5O7) in warm water until its saturated. This stuff is used to make cigerette paper burn slow and steady, therefore it produces a perfect ember on the match. Put your match in the solution and let it soak over night. Take the match out and let dry as shown. The match will burn slow, hot and steady.

Hmm, i like the historic Storys.

Dogs were like hey he's cooking something .

For "Waterproofing" try dry rubbing beeswax thoroughly along the length.

I needed this. I just got my handgonne barrel and I am quickly running out of cannon fuse.

where do you obtain that hemp cord ????

Can pallets be used to burn/make wood ash? And where can I find a matchlock that I don’t have to modify or drill holes? I’m scared I’ll mess it up 😆

Thanks for the great video, what is the liquid added at 05:24? I really hope you can tell me, thank you

Your first recipe as well as your comments after making matchcord mentioned salt peter. But your process does not show any. May I ask, if you used any SP in your match cord making? Also, the bit about beating the match with a mallet was interesting. have you tried various methods?

Do you recommend grandma or grandpas ashes?

What type of rope is used??

Do you know How the slow matches made with potash compare compare to ones made with saltpeter

Can I use soil instead dirt

I don't under the torture part quite well, but I am not sure if I wanna...

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It is interesting to see how the match is fixed toe the serpentine every time before fire, it would be so much faster if the musketeers did not remove the match before loading ... well, faster and much more dangerous. It seems like the instruction had a lot of safety in it.

Hey capnball. Have you made a video about making your own blackpowder?

I realise just how little I know about matchlocks

The easiest way is to use scented sticks, they are thin, do not go out and burn very slowly.

But it's hard do see ur super hero growing old 👴👴

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Did I miss the part where saltpeter was added?

Hungarian vermicelli are very weird.

Ossm

Does your wife know you're using her favorite pot? Hahaha

I just soak it in potassium nitrate solution for the night then keep it dry.

E uma pena eu como fabricante não tem mercado no Brasil dessa arma clássica

Your wife must love you… 😂 If I hear you are banned from the kitchen I think will know why. 😂

I use cigarets and it work good

Usa gasolina é isopor mergulho o barbante ou cordão de algodão também da Certo.

🇧🇷 Opa saudações Brasil parabéns por mais um excelente vídeo você além de simpático explica detalhadamente as coisas nos vídeos Além de ser um grande atirador Posso fazer um pedido de vídeo ? Se possível é claro. . . não querendo ser abusivo nem nada mas. . . Eu gostaria de ver uma derringer de 4 tiros aqui no seu canal Mas está tem um diferencial que não sei se é real ou foi feita apenas para o filme que eu assisti O filme se chama " if you find sartana, pray for your death " Ela aparece nos minutos 2:35 até o 3:07 Com direito a zoom focando apenas nela Ela parece um pequeno revolver de bolso Porém não possui um cilindro rotativo Eu achei uma arma muito linda e talvez vc gostasse de possuir esse exemplar E seria interessante de trazer aqui para o canal se possível Alem de tirar uma dúvida minha seria legal vê-lo atirar e contar mais informações sobre seu mecanismo Grande abraço 😁🇧🇷

one thing is sure: with your "cousine" skill, your loved one have to be incredibly forbearing.

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Yes, but how can you make a Stinger missile? Asking for a friend.

Boy your lucky if he did not like your you tube channel you can imagine what he would have done to you. Lol. God help Ukrainia

I'm trying to fully understand. They tied knots along the length of the match cord and used it to saw the flesh from their prisoners butts?