C.J. Bloomer - Kentucky Frontiersman

After I got my flint lock rifle ready to go and firing, I needed a pouch to carry all the stuff that went with it.  Being the somewhat forward thinking man I am, I had already tried to remedy this problem when having a rifle was just wishful thinking.  I had some commercial tanned leather scraps and some scrap material that I figured would make a decent pouch.  I over worked the seams by wrapping them thoroughly in the linen thread I was using, but I guarantee it won't break a seam ever.  Here's what it looks like- And here's the interior- I made a little "canoe" pocket on the inside, but overall I didn't like using it.  It was too small and floppy for my liking.  The hand hole was too small also, as I have giant hands.  It never took the field, and now functions as the overflow to my extra black powder shooting supplies.  It stays in the car or on the bench at the range when I'm shooting.   After figuring out this ...

I figure I'll start my blog at where I started.  I was always interested in living history, but knew relatively little about it, other than it being expensive and exclusive.  Me and Traci (my lovely wife and fellow reenactor / living historian) live in southern Kentucky, right near the Cumberland River where there was a somewhat famous Civil War battle- The Battle of Mill Springs.  The battle reenactment takes place about once every 10 years or so, and is a major event for the area.  Traci had been to the first one many moons ago, and insisted we go to this one.  I agreed, and we both had a great time.  We would continue to patronize the events the Mill Springs groups would put on, but never really thought about participating other than the occasional comment of "It'd be neat to do that" sort of thing. Fast forward a few years and we caught wind of a Winter Trade Days at Fort Boonesborough, which is about an hour and a half up the road from us.  We t...