Hey folks - I wanted to let you know that along with John House and Gary Ludwig I will once again be teaching the "Foxfire" class down at Hershel House's place this summer. The class is sponsored by the Hershel House Woodbury School Foundation and this will be our third time doing it. We will focus on recreating Hershel's iconic rifle built for the Foxfire 5 book - a book which many, many flintlock gunmakers over the years have cited as a major source of inspiration.
This is an extremely fun seven day gun building class. The Foxfire gun was a relatively simple, stripped down iron mounted affair but had very appealing lines based largely on original Kentucky made guns. The rifle makes for an excellent project for those who don't have much experience stocking guns from blanks - although we have had some highly skilled makers join the ranks too, some saying they just wanted to build that gun at that location! The original rifle unfortunately disappeared a long time ago from the Foxfire Museum, but I built a model based on the original which we in class use along with examples that Hershel built around the same period.
The class was announced recently and we're down to just a few spots left. For more info, have a look at the Foundation's website -
https://www.woodbury-school.com/education/p/foxfire-rifle-class-july-12-18-2026 I am happy to answer any questions here.
