Hail, Slainte, and Happy Thanksgiving, Frontier Partisans! May you feast well — and don’t let the Rhenish go to your head... Speaking of Outlandish things... ’Tis my sacred duty on Thanksgiving to peel a mighty lot of potatoes, which Ceili turns into a delectable dish infused with truffle oil. To make the task more congenial, I shall be … [Read more...] about Feast Well, My Friends
Firearms Of The Frontier Partisans — The Tactical Lever Action
Over the past couple of years, the Tactical Lever Action trend has heated up. It’s not just a matter of “blacking out” traditional lever guns; riflemen are indulging in race-gun builds — free-floating M-LOK handguards, picatinny rails for mounting optics including reflex sights. It’s not clear what exactly has made this a … [Read more...] about Firearms Of The Frontier Partisans — The Tactical Lever Action
Sooyii — A Blackfoot Language Film
Smallpox devastated the Blackfeet twice in the span of a couple of generations, first in 1781, and again, catastrophically, in 1837-38. A new film tells a tale from the 18th Century outbreak — entirely in the Blackfoot language. Hat tip to Lane Batot for scouting this out. From The Missoulian: Shot entirely on Blackfeet tribal land, the … [Read more...] about Sooyii — A Blackfoot Language Film
Down The Warpath… To Bankruptcy
If there is one thing calculated to part me from my plews as fast as a free trapper at rendezvous (other than CZ-USA dropping an entirely new line of rifles...) it’s a really good museum bookstore in Mohawk country. And some dastardly soul threw just such a thing down right in my path. Talkin’ about the Fort Plain Museum Bookstore. The Fort … [Read more...] about Down The Warpath… To Bankruptcy
On The Trail Of An Elephant Hunter — More on Johannes Lodewickus Lee
Editor’s note: I love this electronic campfire we’ve created, where Frontier Partisan folk from across the globe can gather. I received this missive from Kobus van Coppenhagen on Monday morning, and it absolutely made my day. With his permission, I have posted it in full here. Be warned: Here be sidetrails. (I’m looking at YOU David … [Read more...] about On The Trail Of An Elephant Hunter — More on Johannes Lodewickus Lee
Working The Trapline — A Black Dog, A Goat, And A Grey Otter
The Pony Express dropped a package that is full of meaning and memory for me — my copy of Bob Sabet’s book retelling the story of Skeeter Vaughan, aka Grey Otter: Grey Otter, a half Cherokee man also known as Skeeter Vaughan, the legendary knife and tomahawk thrower; devised a tomahawk fighting system during World War Two. This book provides an … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — A Black Dog, A Goat, And A Grey Otter
Working The Trapline — Trappers And Trouble
The scouting parties are doing excellent work. Captain Schwertfegger scouted up this tome on one of the wildest and most colorful Frontier Partisans of them all: Murderer. Salesman. Pirate. Adventurer. Cannibal. Co-founder of the Hudson's Bay Company. Known to some as the first European to explore the upper Mississippi, and … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — Trappers And Trouble
The Buccaneer Coast
Here’s one that Badass Santa needs to drop under the tree. James L. Nelson knows his way around a wooden ship. Hell, back in the day he crewed a replica of Sir Francis Drake’s Golden Hind, and he’s crewed since as a professional traditional wooden ship sailor, which is a helluva job descripition for a man in the late 20th and 21st … [Read more...] about The Buccaneer Coast
Podcast Alert — The Making Of A Scout
The first episode of The Frontier Partisan Podcast series on Frederick Russell Burnham is up. Listen here or on Spotify or other podcasting platforms. This first episode tracks FRB through his early years, where he deliberately set about training himself to be a scout. We seek to find his trail through the dark defile of the Tonto Basin Feud and … [Read more...] about Podcast Alert — The Making Of A Scout
Firearms Of The Frontier Partisans — CZ 600 Series
The venerable Czech firearms legend CZ has taken a page from of the buccaneering book of the likes of Sir Henry Morgan, as Matt Foster notes in Outdoor Life Magazine: “..[W]ith the CZ 600, the company is burning its boats on the beach, so to speak, and isn’t looking back.” The CZ 600 Series, introduced this week and available in 2022, is a … [Read more...] about Firearms Of The Frontier Partisans — CZ 600 Series
