Today we’re talking with songwriter Andrew Scott Wills about his passion for history, his love of muzzleloading, and how that love spawned “Hawken Horse”

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After more than a decade writing songs in Nashville, hit-songwriter Andrew Scott Wills put down his Music Row lunchbox to chase something that’s been chasing him for years. He formed Hawken Horse with the vision of capturing the same fascination that’s consumed him since that day along the Little Miami: the American Frontier.

His songwriting puts the spotlight on the good and the ugly of frontier history with inspiring lyrics that spark an inner yearning for discovery, independence and survival.

With the help of a possible's bag of skilled musicians and collaborators, Wills has been able to forge a collection of stories that have been literally centuries in the making. "Hawken Horse makes music for those who yearn to go back and those who never left," Wills says.

https://hawkenhorse.com/

Hawken Horse Music - https://hawkenhorse.com/pages/music

Hawken Horse on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4DpWFl0oy9bRr4aZVR9YTO?si=9ub3hp-yTIGVK3YdW9xFfA&referral=labelaffiliate&utm_source=1011lwIRmBzX&utm_medium=Indie_Distrokid&utm_campaign=labelaffiliate&nd=1

Hawken Horse on Apple Music- https://music.apple.com/us/artist/hawken-horse/1608415152

https://www.instagram.com/hawkenhorseband/

Music recommendations

Pete Kosky, Songs of the Alleghany Frontier

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Robert Hill is a 5th generation American craftsman working in his grandfather’s shop. At 10 years old, Robert started making knives in the family shop. His father and grandfather would soon carve out some space in the old log tobacco barn for the young man and his experiments.

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As of writing, Robert is continuing his studies of Anthropology, with an interesting cultural anthropology. You can find him in lecture halls drawing in the margins of his notebooks, or demonstrating historic crafts at the local historic sites. His work is viewable on Instagram and Robert often participates on the American Longrifles Forum. Robert hopes to launch a website in the near future to showcase more of his work.

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Today we're talking with Colton Fleetwood a young man dedicated to muzzleloading competitions about the 2023 Alvin C. York Memorial shoot. Colton gives us a report of how the York went this year and a little bit of information about chunk shooting for those of you wanting to try something new.

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Watch this video about Chunk/Over the Log Shooting to learn more

Learn more about the Alvin C. York Memorial Shoot at their website here

The Alvin C. York Memorial shoot is held each spring in Pall Mall, Tennessee. The shoot has been held every year since 1993. The location is a pasture on the farm that was deeded to Sgt. York after his heroic acts during World War I. The farm is now a TN state park.

This shoot is a reenactment of the over the log shoots held and attended by Sgt. York, both before and after the WW1. For those who choose to participate in the shoot, dress of the early 1900s is the order of the day. Gentlemen wearing bib overalls sporting very wide loud flowery ties, some may be seen in suits of the day like pinstripe suits and wide-brimmed fedora hats. Ladies, wear dresses that would have been in stylish during that period or bib overalls. Period dress is not required to shoot in the match. Shooters, range from very young, to senior citizens, both male and female participants. Shooters range from those new to muzzle loading, to the weathered skilled veterans. Regardless of your level of skill, the important experience is fun will be had by all, and a great American hero will be honored

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As a part of my presentation at the 2023 Kalamazoo Living History Show, we had a great Question and Answer segment at the end of each talk. I wanted to bring these sessions to you in case you had similar questions or had an interest in the kinds of questions the presentation sparked.

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My apologies for the audio quality in this one, it was hard to get the question-askers on the mic in the room.

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As always, this is my opinion and not meant to be a statement on right or wrong, good or bad. This is an ongoing conversation. Please let me know what you think, or how you feel about it anytime by writing or talking to me at an event.

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I was asked to give a presentation at the 2023 Kalamazoo Living History Show about the work I’m doing to grow the community and instill a passion for history in future generations.

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All my life I’ve heard that this community is dying, together we can make sure that never happens.

Since I Love Muzzleloading started, I’ve had a lot of great conversations with people inside the muzzleloading/living history community and outside our community. These conversations have and will continue to fuel this kind of study for me because I’m interested in it.

This presentation and the accompanying Q&A session are designed to help you help the community. I want to give you the tools and some ideas to start thinking about so you can act to preserve this history and this culture that we all hold so dear.

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On March 4, 2023 I was a guest on the 11 Bang Bang show hosted by Ethan Woods. The 2.5-hour live show was full of great conversation, questions, and all-around good times. If you enjoyed these selected clips, you'll want to check out the full show.

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T.C. Albert designs and reproduces authentically crafted hunting pouches in a variety of traditional styles, often using measured patterns taken directly from original pouches in his "jury quality" re-creations.

T.C. will also accept pouch restoration/conservation work, and consignments for copies of specific documented originals or special one of a kind custom designs. Completely equipped bag, horn and knife sets are also available.

He is the author of the book "Recreating The 18th Century Hunting Pouch," , and is a staff writer for Muzzle Loader magazine, writing the "Do'in it Yourself" column...T.C. lives and works in the historic "Illinois River Valley" near legendary Starved Rock. (References and current available pieces sent upon request.)

Boone’s Pouch & Horn Set by Tim Crosby and TC Albert - https://www.contemporarylongriflefoundation.org/fundraising/2013-fundraising/daniel-boones-longhunters-pouch-horn-set-by-tim-crosby-tim-albert/

TC's work on the Contemporary Makers Blog:

http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/search/label/T.C.%20Albert

http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/

TC’s profile on the Contemporary Longrifle Association = https://www.longrifle.com/all-artisans/entry/1252/

TC’s influence as a boy: “The Great Adventure” by Janice Holt Giles.

Mink Oil - Hit or miss

Lanolin products

Lexall - Comes from the car restoration world

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Today we're talking with 18th century artist and knifemaker Steve Auvenshine about his history in muzzleloading and how his life as a Kentucky state trooper started him down a muzzleloading path that started with a CVA kit and lead to Hollywood production. Steve is credited for 13 movies/tv shows, including 1923, Pale Blue Eye, Jurassic World, and Crossbones with one more on the way. You've seen his work hanging from the belts of Chris Pratt and the Rock and he's quite possibly cleaned the most muzzleloaders featured on the silver screen.

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The Jumanji Knife: https://blademag.com/tv-and-movie-knives/knife-jumanji-welcome-jungle

The Jurassic World Knife; https://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/movies-news-reviews/article263243223.html?fs=e&s=cl

Steve's IMDB Page with a list of all the productions he's been involved with: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2935660/

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American Bladesmith Society (ABS): https://www.americanbladesmith.org/

Conversation Time Stamps:

0:25 Steve's start in Muzzleloading

9:48 Early Artistic Research

18:35 Steve Auvenshine's Independent Work Process

14:30 Artistic Principles in Knifemaking

28:00 Making a Bowie knife for Duane "The Rock" Johnson

37:45 Making a knife for Sir Patrick Stewart on "Piccard"

45:20 From Kentucky Trooper to Knife Maker/ First Hollywood Job "Master and Commander"

57:18 Armorer on Netflix's Pale Blue Eye

01:00:00 Historic Accuracy in Hollywood

01:10:00 Classes and Education Opportunities

01:11:47 Where to find Steve's work

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Today we're talking with Frank Jarboe, a Kentucky boy turn theologian turned character demonstrator about his passion for history, research, and the context of history both then and now.

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Frank has been dedicated to living history for 20 years, but before that, he was a passionate learner and lover of history. His family has been in the United States since the 1600s, so there is a personal motive to his study of history and he hopes to bring a similar connection to the public as he and his wife Carol share their many character demonstrations at 40+ events each year.

View some of the Jarboe's work on their youtube channel

ParsonJohn.org

ReenactingSchedule.org

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Muzzleloading is leaving 2022 with a bang, not a whimper. We’re back with the final “Muzzleloading News” update for the year and it’s a jam-packed episode.

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