Project Description
!!!!!SOLD!!!!! This is a 1/4 scale flintlock Kentucky rifle & pistol cased with the typical accessories a frontiersman would have carried in the period. The set includes the rifle, pistol, priming flask, powder flask, possibles bag, peace pipe tomahawk, hatchet, & Bowie type knife with scabbard. Wow, there’s a lot going on with this set, so this will be a short read with over 100 photos!
The Rifle is 13 13/16″ long overall with a 9 3/4″ browned octagon barrel of .115 caliber. Dovetailed front & rear sights also browned, as is the lock assembly and trigger, the lock having both half & full cock. Silver furniture with three wedges retaining the barrel. Full length hickory ramrod retained by three silver thimbles. Beautiful silver engraved & pierced patchbox with a spring loaded button release near the bottom of the buttstock. The interior of the patchbox marked “STAN BLASHAK, NEW CASTLE, PA.”. Engraved silver sideplate, wedge escutcheons, & multiple stock inlays. Outstanding high carving on the right side of the buttstock, at the barrel tang, the left side of the buttstock, with a nice flute along the ramrod channel.
The pistol measures 3 5/8″ long overall with a 2 1/16″ part octagon part round slightly swamped barrel of .120 caliber. Steel barrel & lock assembly finished in the white. Beautifully engraved silver furniture. Full length wood ramrod. The hammer has both half & full cock.
The accessorizes include a German silver priming flask, a peace pipe tomahawk with steel head finished in the white & ivory mouth piece, a hatchet with wood handle & steel head finished in the white, a leather possibles bag with flap with a brass stud closure, an scrimshawed ivory powder flask with violin tuning peg stoper, & an ivory handled drop point knife with leather scabbard.
All cased in the original Blashak walnut hinged top case with two swivel latches. The interior French fit for the rifle, pistol, & flask, & English fit for the tomahawk, hatchet, possibles bag, & ivory powder horn. Wow, what a great piece in such a small scale! Mint new as made condition. Stock # CK-82. !!!!!SOLD!!!!!

































































































