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At the Stoner Creek picnic, Dennis brought his beautiful, all hand made wheellock to share. WOW! He brought it to the CLA show and allowed me to study it for a couple of hours at our table. I wish I had taken more images. Did not bring my "real" camera. It was photographed for the CLA archive so high quality images should be available soon.
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All the metalwork & woodwork was done by hand. He is a true craftsman! The inlays are ivory and the inlay is silver, I think the dolphin on the pan cover is gold. The barrel is etched to simulate a Damascus pattering.
Th small dog is a spit'in image of his best friend! He showed me photos and the spots are "spot" on!
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The "sparking" mechanism was replaced with a Ferrocerium block of his own design. He has shot this rifle many times and has not had the Ferrocerium destroyed by the "flash". I might try that on one of my locks...
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Dennis stated that it is not finished... he plans more detail to add in the future.

William
 

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PhDBrewer said:
At the Stoner Creek picnic, Dennis brought his beautiful, all hand made wheellock to share. WOW! He brought it to the CLA show and allowed me to study it for a couple of hours at our table. I wish I had taken more images. Did not bring my "real" camera. It was photographed for the CLA archive so high quality images should be available soon.
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All the metalwork & woodwork was done by hand. He is a true craftsman! The inlays are ivory and the inlay is silver, I think the dolphin on the pan cover is gold. The barrel is etched to simulate a Damascus pattering.
Th small dog is a spit'in image of his best friend! He showed me photos and the spots are "spot" on!
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The "sparking" mechanism was replaced with a Ferrocerium block of his own design. He has shot this rifle many times and has not had the Ferrocerium destroyed by the "flash". I might try that on one of my locks...
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Dennis stated that it is not finished... he plans more detail to add in the future.

William
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Beautiful! Do you happen to have a picture that shows the whole weapon and the shape of the stock?
 

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