Now Available
$29.95 plus $5 shipping
Traditional Gunstocking with Mark Silver. An
innovative recreation of 18th century techniques and approaches to shaping,
inletting and layout of a flintlock rifle. Mark begins with a squared
curly maple blank with the barrel inlet. From there, Mark uses
handsaws, planes, drawknives, spokeshaves, rasps, gouges and chisels to
shape the stock. Also covers inletting the buttplate and lock. Total 2
hours 8 minutes.. See Gallery page 1.
Now Available
$29.95 plus $5 shipping
One hour and twenty-five minutes of how to hand forge a
wrought iron gun barrel tube on a coal-fired forge. Jon Laubach,
assisted by his son, Christopher Laubach and, Mike Miller, teaches the art
and craft of this skill common to 18th century gunsmiths.
This is the first part of making a rifle barrel in
traditional manner. From shaping the wrought iron skelp, to annealing
the octagon tube, Jon demonstrates in close detail how to produce a 45" long
tapered and flared octagon tube. Bonus material on forging a
breechplug and on making the traditional boring bits.
To be released later, part two will cover boring, reaming,
and rifling. Mike Miller will also show how to file up and fit the
breechplug, file the outside flats, then proof the barrel. See
photo gallery page 4.
Another New Release
A Wooden
Iowa Rifling Bench 58 page book by Steve Bookout and Alan Neubauer that
shows in detail how to make your own wooden rifling bench, and the new DVD
where Steve demonstrates how to ream the bore of a commercial unrifled
barrel blank, then rifle it in a traditional manner with his homemade
rifling bench. Click here to view examples.
58 page book and DVD: $29.95 plus $5.00 shipping
Book only $20.00 plus $4 shipping
DVD only $19.95 plus $4 shipping
NEW RELEASES!
Two additional volumes of Contemporary Kentucky Rifles are now available. See close up details of fine flintlock rifles built by the finest builders working today.
Volume 3 features Jesse and Jud Brennan, Mike Brooks, Gary Brumfield, David Dodds, Chuck Edwards, Brad Emig, Wallace Gusler, Lowell Haarer, Mel Hankla, Frank and Hershel House and Earl Lanning.
Volume 4 features Chris and Jon Laubach, Allen Martin, Mike Miller, Allan Sandy, Randall Sherman, Mark Silver, Clay Smith, Mark Thomas, Mark Wheland, and Colonial Williamsburg.
The DVDs are $24.95 each plus postage - $5 for one DVD, $6 for two and $7 for three or more. You can have all four volumes for $80 plus $7 postage.
IN PRODUCTION
No set release date
 Long
Hunter Five with Mark Baker is sliding further behind. But rest
assured that management (Karen) is committed to making sure that production
(me) gets serious about getting on the ball. Something about "I am
keeping her customers hanging." This volume is planned to be nearly
three hours of Mark continuing to share his decades of living history
research, to educate those who share an interest in our pioneer heritage,
and to entertain his audience. My apologies to those kept waiting, but I am also
grateful for your understanding and support. See photo gallery page 3.
We are closing out all VHS format tapes.
In the near future we will offer DVDs only.
Letters of endorsement
Dear API,
You folks are doing a wonderful job documenting all these artisans & their
talents. I think it is a great boom to the hobbyist craftsman as well
as the living historians. Keep up the wonderful work.
Respectfully,
Bill Moore
LaFollette, Tennessee
Dear API,
I really appreciate your work at AP Inc. I love Mark Baker and I enjoy sharing
your videos of him with my grandchildren. I don’t have to worry about any
embarrassing shots or things not appropriate for young people. They are just
plain hearty educational films. The only problem they have caused me has
been with one first grade teacher who thinks I’m a little weird after my
granddaughter explained “guttin” deer to the class, as seen on grandpa’s
“Mark Baker tape”.
I hope the future holds many more series and videos from your wonderful
company on our American pioneer heritage. Thanks again for your work and
please tell Mr. Baker thanks as well.
Your Fan (regardless of first grade teacher’s opinions)
Charlie Brooks
Smithfield, VA
Dear API,
Outstanding videos. They are educational and entertaining, especially Hershel
House and his cousin Willie White. You put more detailed information in your
videos than all the others combined. Keep up the good work.
David K.
Thank you for your encouragement and support. We sincerely hope you will enjoy our products.
Jim & Karen Wright
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