Pad on DHE

[Researcher]

Recoil Pads -- Going through many of my old catalogues -- Burkhard's, A.F. Stoeger, E.K. Tryon, etc -- I don't find the NOSHOC pad among their offerings until the mid- to late 1930s. I realize the NOSHOC pads have the June 6, 1922, patent date, but I don't find them listed in any of the old catalogues I have. In the 1920s the pads generally listed are the Jostam Anti-Flinch, Jostam Air-Cushion "Silvers Pattern", Jostam Sponge-Rubber, and another "Silvers Pattern" recoil pad by Goodrich. The earliest appearance of the Hawkins pad I've got is the 1932 A.F. Stoeger Catalog, which also offers the Ithaca "bridge trestle" pad.

The Jostam Anti-Flinch seems to be the pad I find as original on more mid- to lower grade American doubles then any other. They seem to grow more patent dates as the years go on -- Dec 29, 1914; Oct 12, 1915; Sept 20, 1927; so one has to check the patent dates to make sure none are newer then the gun you want to apply it to.

[Bill Murphy]

My copy of a 1920 Sporting Goods Dealer shows a Hawkins patent dated 12-16-19, for a pad. I remember that to be the diamond pad according to what I recall about the pictures. I like the Hawkins diamond or heart pad for a twenties Parker. The Hawkins pad with the straight perforations is not seen on original guns as far as I know.