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I only make one-of-a-kind items. No two pieces are identical. I can custom make a piece for you from a drawing, a book, or a variation of a piece on my site. I may be reached via email at toddbitler@yahoo.com. |
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1710 Club Butt Fowler (Contemporary Longrifle Assoc. Auction Piece - August 2010):
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Please visit the
Club Butt Fowler page for lots of information on this gun including:
- Photo gallery with zoomable images
- History of the Club Butt Fowler
- Why I chose to build this gun
- The gun specifications
- About my work and myself as an artist
- Show and auction information
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1733 First Model Brown Bess Royal Artillary Carbine:
- A 42" 75 caliber round barrel with a baluster band at the breech
- Lock has been reshaped to represent a First Model Brown Bess lock and engraved Jordan 1733; the letter J was represented as the letter I in the 18th century so the lock actually reads "Iordan 1733"
- Stock is made from walnut and has been "Indianized" with six inlaid silver ring broach halves
- Also adorning the stock are a series of relief carved scallops on the wrist where it meets the comb; each scallop has an inlaid white trade bead
- Additional decoration includes eight carved and red painted figures representing captives taken and kills made by the gun
- All hardware is made from brass and is correct for a First Model Brown Bess
- Stained dark and rubbed back to resemble wear patterns
- Gun lightly aged with scratches, dings, and cuts
SOLD
Please contact me for a custom request. |
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| New England Fowler: |
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A completely hand-made 1750's Style New England Fowler:
- A 54" hand-turned round barrel, 59 caliber
- Cherry stock, hand-formed and inletted
- Handmade Baroque dragon side plate of brass
- A reworked "Chambers Colonial Virginia" lock to resemble an early banana shaped Dutch style lock
- Spear-pointed brass trigger guard engraved with a Dutch tulip motif
- Hand-hammered butt plate from brass in fancy decorative form and complementary engraving
- Floral tang carving with engraved sterling silver wrist escutcheon bordered with scrolled silver wire
- Other handmade features include ramrod, brass ramrod pipes, silver blade front site and scrolled trigger
- Stained dark and rubbed back to resemble wear
SOLD
Please contact me for a custom request. |
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A hand-made replica of an original 1723 Prussian Officer's Carbine
- American black walnut stock, hand carved and inletted
- Hand-turned 59 caliber barrel aged to resemble a Spanish damascus twist finished off with a brass blade front site
- Re-worked a "Chambers Early Ketland" lock and banana-shaped it to replicate a Prussian lock
- Butt plate, side plate, wrist escutcheon and trigger guard all custom made
- Gun is finished with traditional stain and lightly aged
- Early woven sholder strap aged to resemble centuries of use
This gun is currently not for sale as it's my own personal gun. However, you may contact me
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