patchbox head

[Ephraim]

 am looking for good pic's of a dubble head turkey patchbox
head.
Ephraim

[Ephraim]

How about a two headed Buzzard box.
Ephraim

[Dave B]

Ephriam,
The only double headed bird I have seen on a long rifle was the Adrew Verner double headed  eagle/turkey that was inlet in the forearm belly just a head of the front trigger guard finial. The rifle I believe  is in the RCA I by Shumway.  I am sure there are others that may be out there but I have not run across them yet.

[Lucky R A]

Dave,  John Shuler also used an almost identical Imperial eagle on some of his guns, at the same location.  I used to question what an Imperial eagle would be doing on a post-Rev war gun.  I was then informed that one head of the eagle looks to tyranny and the other looks to anarchy.  It is a reminder that we came from tyranny and could easily slip into anarchy, thus we are to position ourselves between the two---the centerline of the rifle.   That is my story and I am sticking to it.....Lucky

[b bogart]

In "the Frontier Rifleman" by LaCrosse there is a Doub attributed rifle with a double headed bird(?) type patchbox head. I believe it is a restock of an earlier rifle as the architecture seems a bit funky.

[Bob Roller]

A German friend told me the Doppelkopfadler or double headed eagle was always confused when looking around so it fouled its own nest and declared war on everything around it.

Bob Roller

[Dave B]

Here is my version of the double headed eagle from the Verner piece in RCA I

[Robby]

I like Lucky's story better. I think I'll stick with that one.
Robby

[Ephraim]

Thanks guys I did  sketch of a double bird head it looks like doves I think I like it.
If I could down load pic's I would post it and see what everyone thinks before I engrave it.
Ephraim