There is a long thread on whose work we admire. I like a lot of different work. Builders have their own styles and some work a particular type or school while others are more diverse. For a Lehigh I like Allen Martin, Eric Von Ashwege, and Eric Ketterberg. Yet each of them do distinctive work. For a well -appointed Golden Age rifle from Pennsylvania I'd pick Bill Shipman, Mitch Yates, Ed Wenger, Eric Von A. and Taylor Sapergia or Mike Gahagan. Your pick. If I wanted something that expanded on original work, Jim Kibler. But some specialize so for a Beck, Tom Caster. If I wanted an aged early fowling piece I'd go with Ken Gahagan or Mike Brooks. If I wanted an early rootsy rifle Allen Martin, Jack Brooks, Mark Wheland, Eric Kettenberg or I'd like to get Tom Curran's early short rifle away from him. For an iron mounted Southern rifle Ian Pratt. For a Hawken Taylor again. And so on and so on.
