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Larry Pletcher- 1988 Gunmakers Seminar
« on: July 09, 2009, 09:22:51 PM »


Here is the class pic. I'm right behind Lynton Mckenzie

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Re: Larry Pletcher- 1988 Gunmakers Seminar
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2009, 11:22:10 PM »
I'm top row, second from the right.  The pic I found is different. It must be the year forward or back a year.  I bet there are a bunch of other ALR guys in here too.  I'll post mine too.
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Re: Larry Pletcher- 1988 Gunmakers Seminar
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2009, 11:56:14 PM »
I believe I was there in '85 & '87. Don't have any pictures though.
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Re: Larry Pletcher- 1988 Gunmakers Seminar
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2009, 12:34:00 AM »
This may be '87  -  not sure of the year.



Mike are you in this one? I don't think I was there in '85, but I think I was there when you were. 
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Re: Larry Pletcher- 1988 Gunmakers Seminar
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2009, 04:29:02 AM »
Nope, I don't see me. Should be a skinny feller with hair down to his ass and a mid chest length scraggly beard..... :P Maybe I was there in '84 & '86? Got married the summer of '88 so I know I wasn't there then.
 In fact, the last year I was there I was in Lynton's engraving class with Bruce Le Page and roomed with Bill Brockway.
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Re: Larry Pletcher- 1988 Gunmakers Seminar
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2009, 07:18:58 PM »
The second picture is 1986, based on Terry Leeper's records. Both of these are on my web site and 1988 has a list of names of folks in the photo that Terry wrote down at the time.

I am missing early class pictures for 1983, 84, 85, and 87.

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Re: Larry Pletcher- 1988 Gunmakers Seminar
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2009, 10:12:14 PM »
Mike Brooks  -

The year you and I attended, with Bruce LePage,  was 1987.  Had fun with the nicks and dots in Lynton's class.  Larry Pletcher  -  You were there, too.  Last guy in Row 2 (although I don't have the picture, just the list).

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Re: Larry Pletcher- 1988 Gunmakers Seminar
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2009, 01:07:22 AM »
I went back to look at notes and figure out when I was there.  I think I was there 85, 86, 87, and 88.  The only photo is I have is '86. Not all of those years was at Bowling Green.  One year was at Northern, I believe.  Alas, my building skills did not progress like the other fellows I attended with.  I got wrapped up in timing locks instead of building guns. 

Last night I read a journal I kept the year Dave Wagner got sick.  That was '86 I think.  I also went through a bunch of carving notes that I took back then.  Buying that curly walnut Lancaster from Jim Chambers has kind of motivated me to get back into the decorating phases. 

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