Most of us are pretty convinced you belong right here practicing your craft like few others are able.

Thanks for choosing this profession!





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Oh...funny. It sounded like you were talking about stringing logs and skidding out of the woods.

Both hard jobs!

Please let us know if you see any marks on that frame. If you have the original wood it might be under a grip cap.

- NDG

We've talked about both Tobin and Giddings in this thread. Here's some examples. I am not sure of the relationship of Giddings and Tobin, if any.

https://i.imgur.com/1hbSe2d.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/xF3umez.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/QTEu6jW.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/FfMM73z.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ycxFMAJ.jpg

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.

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

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

http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL.../414490057.jpg

Yeah I think so Dean

That one with the deep relief breech balls... wow!