Who let the dogs out....

[Brush Buster]

Wayne ,that's beautiful ,I really like the Dog in the opening lever !!! What Grade of Ithaca is that ? Russ

[WHO]

Here are a couple of dogs from a Lefever D Grade.

[WHO]

Thanks Russ. The Ithaca is a Grade 6.

[JLoew]

Here's an AHE. The trigger guard on this gun is very very deep cut.

[Labowner]

Very impressive gun Wayne.

[Dean Romig]

Wayne and Josh, can those LeFever dogs be attributed to Joseph Loy?

[WHO]

I am not sure where Joseph Loy was employed in 1893, but that is the year the D grade Lefever was produced.

[Duckman]

FWIW, I believe my 1894 Remington CEO was engraved by Joseph Loy. I showed it to Charlie Semmer and he thought the same. It does not have dogs, being a C, but does have the Celtic style corners that could be perceived as containing the initials J on one side L on the other. Some feel Mr. Loy did this to "sign" his work.
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[Dean Romig]

There may have been a period, or periods, when Loy was an independant contractor as his work is seen on a few different manufactures of guns.

[WHO]

Here is a dog very similiar to the Lefever dog shown in a previous post. Same engraver? This gun was made in 1890.