I'm sorry to hear this. I met him face-to-face at Bray's Island last time he was there. In April of 2016, long after he gave up gunsmithing to concentrate on engraving, he did me a good turn by fitting a needed mainspring in a Darne R10 16 ga. I contacted him via email. At the time he was visiting St. Etienne and upon his return he fitted the gun and had it back to me in 2 weeks. He either had the spring at home or picked it up during his visit to France. It didn't hurt that Ted greased the skids with him to help me out. It was definitely above and beyond the call of duty that both helped me out of a bad situation. Gil
