Yeah, today with the mass communication we all know if someone is doing anything great in whatever endeavor,but pre-war 1 and 2 the guys were doing wonderful things and often went relatively unnoticed for one reason or another.When we see something really good its all over the media.
Michael Petrov is the man to talk to about Kornbrath I believe. He wrote a very informative book on early 20th century gunmakers.Very interesting stuff for anyone interested in the development of the custom rifle in America.Mr. Petrov posts on this site once in awhile.