I spent more than a fair amount of time trying to like lead wraps and gave up.  Leather is just plain better, for me. 

One thing i did notice in Larry's lock images is the length of some of the leather wraps were a tad too long and could hold spark and smolder the leather.  This has actually happened to me.  The leather wrap should never go beyond the beak of the cock.  This leather smoldering thing can also be an issue for side mounted leather wraps as a lot of leather is exposed to the pan's ignition, which is why I stopped doing that process ... just be careful ... I'd rather be safe than sorry when messing with black powder, especially the fine stuff in the pan.

Fine looking hat! Just ordered mine!

Congrats, Kevin,  I think you are going to have some fun with that.  There are a lot of good guys involved with the sport around there.  Enjoy!!!

John (Bigsmoke)

Kees,

Myself, I have never gotten into the trekking... I should... I have an abundance of places to do it out here where I live.

I think I will try my hand at making a leanto and play a bit with it at Rendezvous. I'll probably take the wedge tent along as well. Of course if the family decides (at the last minute - as has happened before) that some of them are going to come along,,, well,,, just have to see where that takes me.    And I'd love to see them come along!!!