Joe will be attending the Lake Cumberland Kentucky Rifle Show,
February 7-9, 2014.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
Ian Pratt Cane Handle Knife
Ian will be attending the Lake Cumberland Kentucky Rifle Show,
February 7-9, 2014.
Photographed at the 2013 CLA Show by Jan Riser.
Antique Powder Horn
This horn was part of a display of antique horns at the 2013 Lake Cumberland Show.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Pipe Ax by Mike McHugh
The engraved brass head has a steel bit pinned in place. The turned and faceted bowl screws out. The curly maple haft is fitted with poured lead free pewter end caps.
Around the Web: Seal for the 1st Continental (Rifle) Regiment, 1776
Lot 353
Property from a Private Pennsylvania Collector
Unique American Silver Hand Seal for the 1st Continental (Rifle) Regiment, 1776
inverted pear-shaped handle in turned wood, the silver collar with molded borders above flat silver disc, intaglio engraved with the regimental device of a tiger escaping a hunter's net, with 'P.M./1st Rt' superimposed above and with the motto 'Domari Nolo' ('I will not be subjugated') below.
Diameter of seal 1 in. (2.5 cm); Height overall 3 3/8 in. (8.1 cm)
The only American Revolutionary War regimental seal extant.
Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 USD
Wax seal on Private Christopher Hartong's discharge paper, July 1st 1776, with the present lot
1st Continental Regiment Standard
More information can be found at Sotherby's.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Nate McKenzie
.45 caliber, iron mounted Southern style rifle with a 42 inch x 13/16 inch octagonal Rice barrel The Chambers Late Ketland lock and double set triggers are typical in style for a Southern rifle. This gun’s length of pull is 13 1/2 inches.
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