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The following is a list of various web resources for buckskinning. mountain man, and related historical subjects. Whenever possible, testimonial information will be included from buckskinning.org users to give insight into how valuable these resources really are.
Other Buckskinners on the web
Talking Bear - http://www.talking-bear.com/
Greg Dacus' Buckskinning site - http://www.geocities.com/golfingtexan/
Crazy Coyote's page - http://members.tripod.com/gazingcyot/index.htm - Crazy is a man who truly has and continues to walk the walk. He is hard core and very, very good in terms of his skills and regular wilderness experiences.
Weapon suppliers
Loyalist Arms - http://www.loyalistarms.com - One of the best suppliers of period-correct weaponry, more on the military side, going all the way back to the late 1600s!
North Star West - http://www.northstarwest.com
Track of The Wolf - http://www.trackofthewolf.com - They offer consignment guns through their website - some great one-of-a-kind pieces. Check often.
Blacksmith Dennis Miles - http://www.bright.net/~deforge1/ - A good number of our members own knives and other plunder made by Dennis. He is period correct, not something that can be said of many blacksmith, even those in Texas, and hard-core to the bottom of his soul. Take a look at his site and browse a bit. You might find that you need a Miles blade or other period correct item made right and true.
Magazines
Backwoodsman - http://www.backwoodsmanmag.com - A great magazine and an indispensable resource for the "21st-Century frontiersman"
Muzzleloader - http://www.muzzleloadermag.com - Probably the best primitive shooting magazine available
On the Trail Magazine - http://www.ottmagazine.com/ - "The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot." -- Thoreau
Suppliers
Wooden Hawk Trading Co. - http://www.woodenhawk.com
The Texas Sutler - http://www.texassutler.com/shop/
Crazy Crow Trading Post - http://www.crazycrow.com
Track of The Wolf - http://www.trackofthewolf.com
Dixie Gun Works - http://www.dixiegunworks.com/ - a lot of their products lean more towards the Civil War reenactor, but their catalog is a great one-stop resource
Jas. Townsend and Son, Inc. - http://jastown.com/ - Great selection and a really nice eComm website
Panther Primitives - http://www.pantherprimitives.com - Some of the best customer service in the industry
Carl Dyers Mocaissins - http://www.carldyers.com/
Fugawee - http://www.fugawee.com/ - brogans, etc.
Downwind Trading Company - http://www.downwindtrading.com/
Oakhill Enterprises - http://www.frontiernet.net/~oakhill/
Bradley Company of The Fox - http://www.bradleycompanyofthefox.com/main.html
Calapooia Traders - http://www.ctraders.com/ - mainly 18th century goods - great website
Buckhorn Trading - http://www.buckhorntrading.com/
Walt Moreau Online - http://www.moreau.com/ - supllier of authentic period items and weapons
Clearwater Hat Company - http://www.clearwaterhats.com/
Lodge info
Don Strinz Tipi - http://www.strinz.com/tipi/ - good quality and service - ordered a diamond shelter from here and it is bomb-proof
Tentsmiths - http://tentsmiths.com/
Neat stuff
Cathy Smith - http://www.cathyasmith.com/repro.htm repro for museums
Ethnobotany - http://herb.umd.umich.edu/
Modern Hard Tack - http://www.backpacker.com/article/0,2646,2100,00.html
Musket cleaning kit - http://www.nwta.com/couriers/11-96/clean.html
Native American Technology and Art - http://www.nativetech.org/
Glossary of Mountain Man Terms - http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm/gloss.html
Building the Osage Bow - http://www.osageorange.com/
General survival info - http://www.equipped.com/srvskl.htm - nice to know when traveling afield
General living history resources - http://www.geocities.com/livinghistoryresources/
Learn about Pewter - http://www.ramshornstudio.com/pewter.htm
Wampum - http://www.wampumkeeper.com/wkexplore.html
Buckskinning and reenactment organizations
New Jersey Frontier Guard - http://www.frontierguard.org/
The American Mountain Men - http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm/index.html
Requirements - http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm/bosloper.html
Historical Trekking - http://www.historicaltrekking.com/
Texian Legacy Association - http://www.texianlegacy.com
Amohkail Creek - http://amohkali.southeasterntrading.com/index.htm
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"For the Lakota there was no wilderness. Nature was not dangerous but hospitable, not forbidding but friendly."
- Luther Standing Bear
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