Author Topic: Signed T W or J W upper susquehanna  (Read 1625 times)

Offline Shreckmeister

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Signed T W or J W upper susquehanna
« on: August 06, 2018, 10:33:22 PM »
Anyone recognize this signature on classic upper susq?


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Offline Rich N.

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Re: Signed T W or J W upper susquehanna
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2018, 11:33:30 PM »
A lot of people will tell you this is a Jonathan Wetzel.  It may be but there seems to be some major differences between rifles signed " J.W." and those signed " J. Wetzel".  I would be interested in seeing more of this piece.  Wetzel did great work.

Here is a Wetzel signature.



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Offline Shreckmeister

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Re: Signed T W or J W upper susquehanna
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2018, 12:58:26 AM »
Search the upcoming cowan auction. There are several photos there
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Re: Signed T W or J W upper susquehanna
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2018, 05:50:18 AM »
From the ALR library- another rifle marked JW but looks like different script.
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=12128.msg115000#msg115000

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Re: Signed T W or J W upper susquehanna
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2018, 05:32:00 PM »
susquehanna school