I was shocked to hear of Ed's death. I always enjoyd EDM's post on this forum and if we went back and compiled them it would make, I am sure, an informative and sizeable read. I finaly met Nancy and him at the National Gun Day in Louisville September 2004. We spoke of sailing and of course Parkers. He showed me the butt plate of a pigeon gun Parker with the flying bird rather than the dogs head. I had never seen one before. He signed a copy of Knight of the Trigger for me and I had to scoot off to a dove hunt. We met again at the Southern in 2006 and he kept a room at the little motel spell bound with his insight on Parkers. His philosophy of collecting was to carry his best gun as a "benchmark" and any new addition must equal or better the one in hand.
He's running wing and wing and left us to keep a weather eye....
May the Peace of The Lord be with him.
Harry
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