These look promising
World's most popular community & resource for hunting in Africa since 2007
Antique British gun case restoration project
- Thread starter Altitude sickness
- Start date
Some DIY case makers have found a cheap source for baize....drum roll...used baize taken off pool tables. They get it for almost nothing. Could help with a slightly vintage "look."
CM McKenzie
AH enthusiast
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2018
- Messages
- 459
- Reaction score
- 1,503
- Location
- Sundance, Wyoming
- Media
- 52
- Hunted
- Namibia
Look up 50 buckles or 49 buckles at weaver leather. I like the 49 buckles a little better. Both are quality.
Thank you
CM McKenzie
AH enthusiast
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2018
- Messages
- 459
- Reaction score
- 1,503
- Location
- Sundance, Wyoming
- Media
- 52
- Hunted
- Namibia
Also try panhandle leather in Texas. They carry very good quality hardware.
A friend of mine that is a very accomplished gunsmith has a steamer trunk full to the top with soiled, trashed, ugly, smelly baize circa 1850 to 1970. I asked him early in my gun interest what on earth he kept it for?
When you buy a vintage gun and you need a pad added, you need to move partitions in that original case. If you can find the same era, patina, and soiling of original baize you can adjust the case without creating a mismatched abomination. Sometimes restoration isn't the right thing, keeping max original is the prudent path. A friend on this forum recently had that same circumstance occur and you'd never know the case wasn't 100% original thanks to the use of a 100 year old perfect match of baize being added to his now 15" LOP gun stock's case.
I finally got around to finish this case this weekend. Added the label, barrel ribbon, oil pot and snap caps
Thanks for all the help with this project Rookhawk.
flying sailor
AH fanatic
Looks very nice indeed!
Grumpy gumpy
AH enthusiast
Is that an original oil pot or a repo
Gumpy
Gumpy
- Joined
- Apr 27, 2024
- Messages
- 590
- Reaction score
- 2,049
- Location
- Eden Prairie, Minnesota
- Media
- 5
- Member of
- SCI
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing the journey!
I bought it on eBay from India. I thought it was an orginal vintage. But it looks new. I’m sure it’s a reproduction
Members online
- Jack Stevens
- WI-2021
- Tamboti
- John J
- Graham Hunter
- Tucketed
- Jefferry404
- Art Lambart II
- KMG Hunting Safaris
- Russ16
- Philip Glass
- spike.t
- James Cook
- MRBlack
- JD Noblin
- Piet Brood
- USN
- BJH65
- Oil & Dirt
- Dirtdart
- mdwest
- Daisy
- yumastepside
- BryceM
- Kmiller
- Mergus Serrator
- Ravensview
- Nkawu
- gr1ffer
- Kinsolving
- Beretta391
- Papa72
- Safari1
- Ku-winda
- Don458
- Jettech
- Bandera
- riniso
- roverandbrew
- Flipper Dude
- SETH RINGER
- JHT
- Phil Giordano
- Wishfulthinker580
- M70375!
- Northern Shooter
- Lopehunter
- Altitude sickness
- Turner12971
- Tra3
Forum statistics
Latest profile posts
mrpoindexter wrote on Charlm's profile.
Hello. I see you hunted with Sampie recently. If you don't mind me asking, where did you hunt with him? Zim or SA? And was it with a bow? What did you hunt?
I am possibly going to book with him soon.
I am possibly going to book with him soon.