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[enfield2band]

Until the advent of the metal ramdrod, the British government imported hickory logs from North America to make ranrods for their muskets - even for service pistols, so hickory would be the stuff to find. However, as suggested, ash is about as neat as you are going to get, it seems.

tac
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That is an interesting snippet of info, I had not heard of that.

Thanks

[tacfoley]

That is an interesting snippet of info, I had not heard of that.

Thanks

The word 'hickory' is dervied from the native North American Virginia Algonquian 'pocohiquara', a drink made of pressed hickory nuts.

Thort EVERYBODY knew that, me.

tac

[pnuk]

Just had a quick look on evilbay. If you search for 'hickory putter' you'll find a number of hickory shafted putters that may be workable or search for "hickory handle" you'll find things like a 36" hickory sledge hammer handle which could be turned down?