I love the horns made by the individual known to us only by the name "Folksy Artist".  An unknown horner from the 18th Century.  I have made two horns the are inspired by his work.  These are my favorite horns.  Both have sold.  I plan to make another hopefully get to keep it myself.

We attend The Fort Frederick Market Fair every year.  Here are some pictures of my tables from 2017.  Somewhere I have pictures form this past year and when I find them I will post them too.  We enjoy the event and now that I am retired from my "day job" we hope to be able to get around to more events throughout the year.

Above are some of my son Aaron's knives.  All are 1084 or 1095 steel and scary sharp.

Some of my horns

A handful of pouches I made this spring.  All out of bark tanned deer hide.  I don't usually line my pouches with cloth, though I may use deer hide.  I find it gets annoying catching worms, vent picks and other accoutrements on the linen fabric.  But if you want me to make you a pouch and line it with linen or hemp or some such, I will be glad to suit your needs.

A recent addition is this rifle patterned after several Christian Springs rifles most notably the Oerter Griffin rifle but more generally copied after several rifles from that shop.  It has a 54 caliber, 38 inch c-wt Rice swamped barrel, the Chambers Dale Johnson lock with a sugar maple stock and brass hardware from Reaves Goehring.  I am asking $2200 for this piece. Sold

Barn Gun or Shop Standard Rifle

SOLD - My "shop standard" long rifle I have been carrying around from event to event for the last two years is a Lancaster County barn gun I made to display just what an entry level long rifle from my shop looks like.  I could make this basic rifle in any of several schools (Tennessee, Lehigh, Berks, etc).

This rifle has a 38 inch b-wt Rice 50 caliber barrel with square bottom rifling.  It has a Chambers Dale Johnson lock.  brass castings by Reaves Goehring in a fairly plain sugar maple stock.

Shop Standard Fowler

I like to have several long guns with me when I go to shows and events.  I usually take two "shop standard" versions to show what a base entry level long gun from my shop looks like,  and two or more fancier projects to show what a might be possible at a higher price point.  These are "spec guns" and I try to turn them over every couple of years.

Below is a look at my "shop standard" fowler.  It is made to be very much like a short barreled British fowler except it has an American styled side plate and a flame sugar maple stock.  It has a 38 inch oct-to-round 20 gauge smooth barrel with a slight flare in the last 8 inches of the muzzle.  I put an early Ketland lock on it that I modified to have a beveled plate like original British fowlers would have had.  The wrist gradually tapers as it runs back from the breech and is carried through into the butt stock. I do not always get lucky and have the stock turn out so nicely figured on my shop standard projects.  This stock came from Dunlap Woodcrafts and was a grade 2.  The more I scraped the more the figure "popped".

The off side and the more provincial sideplate.

I put a bit of engraving behind the breech on this one.  Normally a shop standard fowler or barn gun would not have any carving at all.

The trigger guard is  a fairly ornate casting.  Iron mounts would be far planer as I would forge them myself out of wrought iron and the file work would increase the price significantly.

A shop standard fowler, with either brass or iron mounts, 38  to 44 inch barrel, in maple or walnut,Chambers Colonial VA lock or early Ketland lock, start at $1500.  This piece needs to go.  I am taking offers.  I have reduced the price to $1000.  Contact me at kentsmithlongrifles@gmail.com

Southern Banded Horns

Here is a nice right hand carry southern banded horn with three bands and a turned antler spout.  It has a cherry plug and pine stopper.  Measures just over 13 inches around the outside curve.  

I think it will hold the better part of a pound of powder though I haven't measured it yet.

The flip side.  I did not stain this horn.

Here is a left side carry southern banded horn.  It has three bands, a turned antler spout and a pine stopper.  The plug is walnut.  I stained this horn and antiqued it some.

This horn is similar in size to the above and measures 13 inches around the outside.  Both are about 3 inches at the plug.

I really wanted this one to be darker and the pictures show it a bit lighter than it really is.   I sell a horn like this for $150.