Hi all, just wanted to throw this out for fun. I sure like those older Gunsmiths, they are a hoot. We have one who has been smithing for close to 50 years. He knows his business and is good, very good.
It seems he does have a wonderful quirk. Everytime you bring in a gun for some work, he says everytime "Well.....I don't know, I don't have any parts for these old guns....I'll have to look at it in a couple of weeks." After a couple of weeks he'll call and say "It's done." Sure enough it is and the work is done right. The only thing he won't do is stock work, pitty.
He's the kind of smith who is not mean or cranky, just strokes his beard and won't say one way or the other if he can do the work.
These old timers are fun and he always makes me chuckle.
All the best!
Greg
