Bedford County flintlock Ca. 1940's or 50'sFor your information, this lock was manufactured (by hand) by Worth Sutter, who lived in rural Westmoreland County, PA. Worth was a highly renowned gunsmith who worked in a small, two-story frame workshop with his sons, manufacturing flintlocks from scratch. My father knew Worth and we visited his shop a number of times when I was a child. His boys made powder horns to accompany the guns that were made there. Worth was, and I say this respectfully, a real hillbilly. Reminded me of Jed Clampett, but his artistry was unmatched and he had many high-end clients from cities far away who would travel to his shop in the hills to order and pick up custom-made guns. (The owner)
Photos by Robert Weil.
