Hand made relics of a long ago time and uniform dimensions are not too likely.
The flintlock I made with the double throated cock was a Ketland and had a big
pan and a pointed tail that can be rounded.A local shooter had an antique rifle
with an identical lock and the lock was marked KETLAND.He shot a flintlock way
before any real interest in them developed.Chet Shoults in Lapeer Michigan was
as far as I know ,the first to offer a complete,ready to install flint LOCK in 1955 or
'56.It was a finished lock,detailed and polished inside and out and cost $35 in
Silver Certificated currency.Ted Cole in Pittsburgh shortly thereafter offed a flintlock
but it was not a quality lock and I never saw anyone buy one from him in several
years of displaying at Friendship.
In the early 1960's,Chet Shoults lost control of his moulds and I started buying the
external parts from a man in Livonia,Michigan,H,C.Hess who used the DBA of Inter
national Arms.He later acquired the Russ Hamm Maslin moulds and the Ketland that
I made.Nothing was known about the Ketland,owner(s)? of why it even existed but
it made a good lock.Bill Large furnished an old lock and paid for the mould for the Maslin
lock but never saw any parts until I made a lock from HIS parts.
Jerry Devaudreuil later bought all of the "International Arms" inventory,parts,moulds and
all associated with it and had a lot of items he had cast and sold to any and all who needed
them.HE is now into an adult dementia and in a nursing home and his sister has control of
all he had.I have some old invoices and will see if these moulds can be saved for possible
future use.There were 2 Hawken caplock hammers I used that were from a J&S and the
Carson Hawken.I hope these moulds are nombered to match the parts.
Bob Roller
