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Offline Mike Gahagan

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J. Bonewitz toeplate
« on: May 08, 2011, 08:23:58 PM »
I was wondering if any of you fellers might have a picture of a Bonewitz toeplate?I can`t find any in my books and I have done a search on this site to find that the Bonewitz pictures have been deleted.
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Offline Glenn

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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2011, 08:30:19 PM »
I'll second the motion.  I'm in to Roman-nosed designs (amongst others) and if Bonewitz used the Roman-nosed techinique I'd appreciate seeing some of his work.   ;D
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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2011, 09:32:55 PM »
I'm no expert on this forum but feel that Reedy & Figthorn both aprenticed to Bonewitz and their  toe plates would possibly be O K ?????   or not???
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Offline smallpatch

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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2011, 10:33:44 PM »
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« Last Edit: May 10, 2011, 06:23:16 AM by D. Taylor Sapergia »
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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2011, 10:56:11 PM »
Great. You can even see the engraved elements that carried over to Reedy.
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Offline Mike Gahagan

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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2011, 10:59:12 PM »
Thanks Smallpatch,
  I thought that some of his was squared off at the end,just wasn`t sure.
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Offline Dave B

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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2011, 11:02:52 PM »
Here is one off a Reedy rifle.

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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2011, 11:09:58 PM »
Dave;   Thats the one that I like.
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Offline rsells

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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2011, 04:15:03 AM »
Dave,
Off the subject a bit, but would you have a side photo of the cheek carving on the a bove rifle?  If so, please post it or send it to me at rbpodge@twlakes.net.  Thanks.
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Offline Jerry V Lape

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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2011, 01:23:10 AM »
Dave, I too would like to see the carving of the cheekpiece side of the stock if it is available please.  
« Last Edit: May 10, 2011, 01:25:54 AM by Jerry V Lape »
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Offline Glenn

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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2011, 01:35:10 AM »
I'd like to see the whole buttstock, at least from the tang back.  I'd like to see if it had the Roman-nosed shape.
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Offline Glenn

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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2011, 04:38:35 AM »
Thanks Dave !!!   ;D
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Re: J. Bonewitz toeplate
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2011, 06:34:40 AM »
I have removed the two photos of the Bonewitz rifle posted by Dave B.  They belong to a private collector and we don't have permission to publish them.  Thanks for your consideration.
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