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@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj I’d love to meet up and maybe even collaborate on some projects. I was going to touch on the fact that Ferdinandina was referenced (not by name) in some of the Maugrey documents as being “two days journey to the west” from the salt flats which makes sense for storing and transporting raw Buffalo hides. That’s getting into your neck of the woods too.

@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj I sent you a message to your e-mail address. It’s the address you cite in your GTT knife video.

I'll check my email in a bit. Sometimes I'm not so diligent in doing that. Lol TC

@@catfishfranklin Hey Catfish, I’ve missed your music. Have you done any lately and I’ve just missed it?

@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj Hey Brother, thank you for the comments. I’ve followed your channel for some time now and recently realize you’re from around the VAFB (Turkey Creek) area. Duh! I live south of Stillwater near Carney so we’re practically neighbors. Let’s get together sometime around a fire and coffee pot and compare notes. The next installment will cover the history and location. I actually Kayaked the Arkansas to the area and plan on returning later this fall for more video footage. The Sam Noble Museum in Norman has some of the Native and European artifacts from the site and I’ve sent a request to the curators for access. My research has opened a whole new area of interest to me and I’m really enjoying the journey. Stick with me and I think you’ll enjoy it too.

Man, coffee and campfires are two of my most favorite things in the world! We will definitely have to get together and palaver! I do have an unrelated question though. Are you a runner by any chance? I see you wearing Brooks running shoes and what looks like a Garmin Instinct watch. Just curious. TC

@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj I was. I ran my last half marathon probably in 2019. Switched over to swimming and that’s actually what I bought the Garmin watch for. I just bought a new pair of Brooks with the intent to get back into it. While swimming is much less impactful, the Stillwater YMCA was my closest option and scheduling became an issue, so running may be back on the plan. Running around with my 4 year old Grandson tells me I’m going to start REAL slow.

Yessir, slow and short to start, and if you have to walk some that's okay too!

Thank you for the kind words and subscription. Hopefully you've seen Part 3. Part 4 and beyond will be about the history of the area and my journey to the site, research, etc. I hope you find something you like.

I taught US and Oklahoma History at Carney High School a few years ago as an emergency certified teacher and I made these videos to show my class. It gave the class an idea of some local history that happened in their backyard. The farm I live on now and where the musket was found by my Grandfather is less than 2 miles from the school. Covid shit us down before we could visit the site and local museum for a field trip and I was replaced by a certified teacher that summer and I never went back.

That musket is cool. I bet your classes loved it.

Yup, and it works on all of the plugs….the Hobie tool does not work on all of them.

Thank you sir

Hi Tyler

This turned out to be a faulty harness. Do-All replaced it and it’s work fine since. Thanks for watching.

Daniel Fisher I’m actually working on a video where I’m actually casting the anchors. Thanks for the comments and for stopping by to watch.

Vee Swan do you have a picture or can you describe it?

@@amoschase7207 I do have photos of the object but would need an email address or Facebook inbox name to send them to

Vee Swan my email is cwadeepfork@yahoo.com. Where were these items found?

@@amoschase7207 I'll email you. They were found in Carney

Yes sir I get it from Willy. It is the tan high density cork from Portugal. I get the 3” sheets. I like putting a bottom board on to securely attach keels, anchor lines and everything else into. The heads are also doweled all the way into the bottom board as well. I also build a cork version of a decoy where the keel is also a center board that goes all the way through the decoy vertically and the cork are like scales on either side. The 3” sheets work really well for that style. I hope to get some video up on that style as well. I’ve never used the black cork but plan on it some day. The texture is much courser so I’m thinking it would work well for canvas covered decoy floatation cells. Thank you for stopping by and watching and I hope to get back at carving and filming soon.

TheWelton49 while I've made a work holder, I did not make the one in this segment. I bought the basic holder from a gentleman off of the now defunct Decoy Carving Forum. His name escapes me as it's been several years ago. I made the extra plates that fit this one and my other fixture. I'll try and explain the general concept of how it's constructed and get up a short video explaining in detail how it was made and how it works very soon. In short, it's two pieces of steel (one about twice as long as the other and bent in an "L" shape so it can be bolted or clamped to a workbench). Both pieces of steel have a horseshoe shaped cut out that allows an extended shaft 2" trailer hitch ball to be pinched in between the two pieces of steel with four bolts. When all four bolts are tightened, the ball is held firmly in place. The threaded end of the ball sticks up in the air and is what the plate that attaches to your work is fastened two. To reposition your work piece, only one bolt needs to be loosened, the work piece repositioned to the desired location/orientation then the bolt tightened again to lock it in place. Again, that's the gist of how it's made/works. If you have a cutting torch and good drill/drill press, it could be easily made. It works very well. I keep a box end wrench on the bolt that I loosen so it's always handy. I'll try and cover it in depth with video in the next day or so. Thanks for watching my series and I hope it's providing some useful information. Stay tuned.

Amos Chase Thank you, I look forward to it. I was bummed when I saw the forum was going away it was a real help I've only really been carving regularly for about a year. I've been using clamps to hold down my blocks to my work bench but it limits the angles I can get at them.

Sorry I just now seeing this. I'll try and get a PDF up of the pattern that I made.

Amos Chase that will be great thanks

+Joakim Dahl Wold Thank you for the complement. I guess what I do has limited appeal. That's OK, though. Thanks for watching..

Sir I love the canvas covered technique you bring forward. Where are the other videos of this particular project?

+Russ Sharrock Thanks Russ. It's exciting working in this. It has so much potential.