Hello From Virginia

[Fowlingpiece]

Greetings,

I posted this earlier in another forum not realizing that there was a forum just for introductions.

I am relatively new to this great website. I thought I might just jump in and introduce myself. My name is James Rogers and I am involved in historical sporting/civilian arms and their accoutrements. This website has a wonderful design and I am enjoying it very much.

Here are a couple of links that detail some of my back history and some examples of my work.

http://contemporarym...w-with.html?m=1

http://contemporarym...part-2.html?m=1

Any questions, feel free to ask

Great bunch of folks here

[Jaymack]

Greetings James. You links didn't work for me, but will try again later. I live in Virginia too...Harrisonburg.

[Fowlingpiece]

Maybe these two will work correctly. I cut and pasted from the other post and the links did not take. Thanks for the welcome.

http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/2012/06/contemporary-makers-blog-interview-with.html?m=1

http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/2012/07/cmb-interview-with-james-rogers-part-2.html?m=1

[Jaymack]

Yep, I can read them now. Great looking stuff.

I really like the "period" pieces. It's amazing how ingenious our craftsmen forefathers were. Very clever, "all vegetable tanned calf that is used in double thickness so as to create"pouches" or veins for stuffing tow for form. This idea was taken from a 17th century bandolier type pouch. It has an internal divider so as to separate shot from ball as is written about in more than one 18th century account."

Thanks for sharing!