Scenes from Buck Creek Muzzleloader's Trade Fair

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Photos by Nick Schneider, Assistant Editor

It was definitely like stepping back in history at the 11th Annual Buck Creek Muzzleloader's Club Trade Fair this weekend in Linton. It was a showcase when times were much simpler and the common way of life was to make things by hand. Featuring a variety of every-day, handcrafted household, work and other items from the 1750 to 1840 era, the Trade Fair opened Saturday and will continue Sunday at the Roy Clark Community Building. It is one of the largest and most popular events in a several state area, says club president David O'Bryan of Linton. Among the items offered for sale are traditional muzzleloader rifles and handguns, knives, black powder, homemade soap, tin crafts, powder horns, hunting pouches, salt-glazed pottery, 18th century clothing, blankets, leather goods, gun supplies, blacksmith supplies, and tools. Dealers from six or seven states will wear primitive attire from the period. The event will be open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $3, with children 12 years and under free if accompanied by an adult.

John Dolson, a vendor from Louisville, Ky., checks out the blade on one of his handcrafted knives. Dolson called the Linton trade show the best one he attends anywhere.
Sam Gorham, of Rosedale, IN. looks over a muzzleloader that a patron was trying to sell him on Saturday. Gorham, who owns 10 O'Clock Rifle Works, was one of the vendors at this weekend's show in Linton.
Kyle Willyard, who operates Old Dominion Forge, located north of Bloomfield on State Road 157, holds one of his hand-designed knives. He specializes in hand-forged swords, knives, axes, and pewter crafts. Several of his swords and axes were featured in the first popular, "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie series Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in 2003.
Several of Kyle Willyard's swords and knives made at his Old Dominion Forge, located just north of Bloomfield.

Richie Whitman, of Bloomfield, at left, looks over a muzzleloader offered for sale by Sam Gorham of Rosedale.
Jacob Book, at left, and David Logston, of Charleston, IN, who operate Taylor Rose Historical Outfitters, specialize in goods for re-enactors, collectors, museums, movie companies, decorators and history buffs.
Leslie Cornwell, of Brookston, IN. proudly wore what she called her "attitude hat" at Saturday's opening day session of the Buck Creek Muzzleloaders Trade Fair at the Roy Clark Community Building in Linton.
Jay Hudson, of Linton, wore his animal skin hat at Saturday's Buck Creek Muzzleloaders Trade Fair in an effort to sell it.