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12-07-2020, 09:43 AM | #34 | ||||||
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Wonderful guns Daryl - wonderful engraving!
Beautiful dogs in that top example but the landscape is something we just don't see on but a scant few American guns. And the setters on the bottom example appear to have been done by an engraver familiar to Parker aficionados. .
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Dean, the setters you refer to could have been done by the fellow you suspect. That gun was made in Norwich. The other Tobin was Frank Major Tobin's gun. I have a bit of family history on it. It has the optional Pyro Oxide [I think I remember the term properly] finish. I cannot guess who the engraver might be. I seriously doubt that this engraving was done in Europe.
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12-07-2020, 11:37 AM | #36 | ||||||
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I just discovered this again, my apologies to all that asked about the gun I had in the shop I'm lousy at taking documentation of what I've done ,found these while looking for pics of my old dog...the gun was eventually completely restored
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Pardon me - Chris, those pheasants are dead ringers for pheasants we have seen flying on a couple of LC Smithhs.
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I recently came across this Tobin ad in "Hardware and Metal", Toronto, Sept. 24, 1910
https://archive.org/stream/hardmerch.../n113/mode/1up
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Yeah I think so Dean
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12-07-2020, 06:34 PM | #40 | ||||||
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That one with the deep relief breech balls... wow!
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