Unknown Mark

Can anyone identify this mark on a dirk blade?

Don Getz Barn Gun for Eric Fleisher

Photos supplied by Eric Fleisher.

Steve Lodding Horn

Photo supplied by Steve Lodding.

Mark Odle Ball Bag

Photos by Robert Weil.

Village of Christian's Spring, PA

Village of Christian's Spring, PA, as it appeared on 3/19/2009. This village is near the original Moravian settlements of Nazareth and Bethlehem, PA. This is where the famous gun shop of run by Andreas Albrecht, and later by Christian Oerter was originally located!

Photo by Art DeCamp.

Walter Mabry Horn

Photos by Jan Riser.

Pipe by Steven Lalioff

The original pipe that inspired me to carve this is labeled in the book as; Pawnee, circa 1840, Nebraska. The original was of curly maple. The wood I used was called "quilted maple". This quilted maple has a very opalescent quality in the light and not so well defined stripes as in curly maple.

The mouth piece and the smokestack I cast in leaded pewter. The pipe is 15" overall in length.

I started this pipe two winter's ago and pecked away at it only as my time permitted. I find carving a much better pass time than watching T.V. of an evening! I found that laying a fleece on my lap does very well at catching all the little chips as I carve. S.L.

Photos by Karen Abercrombie.

Ken Gahagan Knife in a Michael Galban Sheath

Chuck Edwards Barn Gun Rifle

Photos by Bill Scurlock.

Billy Morgan Rum Horn

Photos by Jan Riser.

Antique Mattress Tick Bag and Horn

Photos by Jan Riser.

Contemporary Makers Portraits: Lee Larkin

Lee Larkin at Mansker’s Station

Lee has been building and engraving powder horns since 1989 and is a Master Horner in the Honourable Company of Horners. He is best known for his “Golden Age” and folk art reproduction powder horns. He is also very familiar with the construction of Pennsylvania screw-tip and Carolina banded powder horns. Over the years, Lee has won numerous ribbons in multiple categories at Dixon’s Gun Makers Fair for his powder horns and bags. He continues to expand his horn working interests and also makes needle cases, cups, shoe-horns, pick and brush sets, salt and rum horns, thread winders, and many other items out of cow horn. Lee is not only an accomplished horner but a talented leatherworker as well.

Known for his original research, Lee has published, 'A Case for Mistaken Attribution: A Study of the Engraving on the Powder Horns Attributed to John Bush,' and has also published a 'Sketchbook of Colonial and Early American Powder Horn Engraving Designs, 1740-1800,' containing some 400 details from original powder horns. His various articles have appeared in Muzzleloader, Muzzle Blasts, Smoke and Fire, On the Trail, The Horn Book, and the KRA Bulletin.

Lee is a life member of the NRA, an active member of the CLA and NMLRA, and past Guildmaster of the Honourable Company of Horners. Lee has given addresses concerning various aspects of the historic horn trade to public schools, the Honourable Company of Horners, Connor Prairie’s Arms Makers Workshop, the Contemporary Longrifle Association, and the Kentucky Rifle Association.

Copy by Art Riser. Photos by Jan Riser.