There are two documented French and Indian War Kidney Canteens.  One is from Fort Ticonderoga which was occupied

The term whitesmith often times referred to a worker that polished or sharpened Iron to a bright finish.  The

Here are some prices from a list agreed upon by tinsmiths from Connecticut in 1813.  Payment would have been made

I made two objects using sand.  Black sand to be exact.  One is a varnish pail with sand in the bottom for

My in-laws were in town so we took them to see Fort Boonesborough.  Originally built in 1775 It would have been

There were many tinsmiths that booked passage to America from December 1773 to December 1775.  Most set out from

We attended the Indiana Territory Festival in Corydon, Indiana.  It is a regency event dating from 1808 to

We attended the 2010 tinsmith and coppersmith convention know as Convergence.  It was held in Archbold, Ohio at

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Edward or

Last week we visited the Arabia Museum.  This trip I made three new dicoveries in the realm of tinware.  There

I have been making camp kettles. 

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Last week we attended the Raid at Martins Station at Wilderness Road State Park in Ewing, Virginia.  It is the

The glue spoons that I make were reviewed in the latest issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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Isaac Jefferson was a negro (the term "slave" was used at the time) belonging to Thomas Jefferson.  He was

What makes a tin cup authentic?  By Dr. George Pimentel

All athentic civil war tin cups have some general

The Fort at Loudoun was originally garrisoned by a whitesmith named Thomas Smith, according to the book, The

I set up my shop at Fort Loudoun Tennessee this last weekend.  A previous tinsmith left some posts with holes in

The Bible mentions tin 5 times.  It is included with gold and silver so it must have been quite special. The

" I have basins, ewers of tin, pewter, and

Tertiarum is a term that was used by Pliny the Elder in 1st century AD for a solder made of 1 part tin and 2 parts

The thickness of the material is called gauge.  With the constant change of the Industrial Revolution it became

Tin was shipped from England to the states in boxes made of elm wood.  There were 225 sheets in a box of 10x14 or

The following description is taken from http://www.hearingcenteronline.com/museum.shtml

Ear

We had a good time at the Sons of Liberty Trade Fair.  They said it was the biggest one they have had yet. They opened up the back room to allow for more vendors.  We sold some tinware and made some new friends.

I picked this up at a flea market in town.  I think it is a mandrel but it does not have the post attached. What

The patron saint or regarded protector or intercessor for the

The OED defines a tinner as 

1. One who gets or digs tin ore; a tin-miner.

1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII,

We celebrated Christmas at the Big Hill Welcome Center

Cornish tin is how most 18th and 19th century tin is described.  Here is some new research from the New York Times

If this machine exists let me know as none of the tinners I have spoken to have ever seen one.  This appears to be

What did a tin miner look like?  Here is an image from 1873 of copper miners.  There could not have been too

I finished up the order of 50 glue spoons today.  They will be shipped to Tools for Working Wood in New York. 

One of the descriptions that is overlooked today in the reenactment community is that of tinware of the "melyn

We peddled our wares at the Mesa Old West Festival. 

I spent the afternoon with Charles Hartwell at Pioneer Village.  He wrote the forward to Shop Drawings of Shaker

We set up at Spring Mountain Ranch Civil War Reenactment outside Las Vegas. We stayed in the Civilian Camp and worked on

In the Shaker communities the people lived by a set of rules known as the Millenial Laws. 

Joseph Plumb Martin talks about trading a block tin syringe in his book "A Narrative of a Revolutionary

It would require 40 sheets of tin at 10" by 14".

A group of handcart pioneers were enroute between Kearny and Leavenworth when the captain died.

Here is a CDV of another tinsmith.  The photographer was Cadwallader & Tappen of Marietta

Sometime in Thomas Jefferson's day he had need of metalware.  Here is an advertisement that he had in his possession-

I made a blow pipe.

The good news is the tax on tinware will be going down as of December 10, 1866.

We attended the Old Capitol arts Festival.  Friday Kelly demonstrateed spinning and showed of some tinware and Toleware.  saturday I demonstrated tinning.  We sold some wares and traded some tin for some pottery.

At America Fur Trade reenactments or rendezvous tinware is under represented.

We attended the rendezvous at Fort Bridger Wyoming.  Picked up some goodies dropped off some items and did some trading.

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I have been compiling a list of other tinsmiths

The Museum of Church History and Art has a exhibit on Joseph Smith wherein they have a conductor on display.  This

There is a lady that comes to my shop every so often.  She collects mineral specimens.  She was able to make

I am sad to inform the others in the group at tintinkers that there is not really a tinsmith in San

I am on a quest for this book found on Worldcat. 

The Tinsmith's manual: by one who has had nearly twenty

I had a plethora of dustpans so I made an anemometer.  I soldered the four together and added an upright.

A tour group of Amish came to town.  I kept the shop open until about 8:00 pm.  They had never seen a tinsmith

Richard Kane, who portrays a Civil War barber, asked me to repair a pewter decanter. The lid was heavily damaged and part of the hinge was missing.  I made a new hinge and removed the dents.  The pewter was thin enough I was able to fill the container with hot water and redefine the ridges with leather working tools.

The Village had 18,000 visitors on Friday.  If that many come to town and ten percent came into my shop then I should have sold alot of tinware.

We brought home the spinning wheel from the cabinet maker.  He made a new knob and  a pitman arm.