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<p>[QUOTE="Mr.Glum, post: 9930848, member: 87833"]Guys, I have an update.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very early work of Eberhard Kokkin (1856-1920), a famous locksmith and gunmaker in his time amd area. He's from Åsta, Åmot, Norway. He made some mean-looking and bad-ass guns <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://digitaltmuseum.no/011022724276/gevaer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://digitaltmuseum.no/011022724276/gevaer" rel="nofollow">https://digitaltmuseum.no/011022724276/gevaer</a></p><p><br /></p><p>He's the brother of my great great grandmother, The generation above me was crystal clear that their grandfather told them it was special as kids. I also have an hammer from his workshop, the smaller sized hammer can been seen at our national digital museum here: <a href="https://digitaltmuseum.no/011022725849/hammer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://digitaltmuseum.no/011022725849/hammer" rel="nofollow">https://digitaltmuseum.no/011022725849/hammer</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My mother has a gun powder horn made by him, other items like bayonettes, knifes, mid-century guns, and tools, has been split between the family without anyone checking closely what it is. There was a long barrelled shotgun present at the place until the late 50's, when my grandfather butched a job killing kittens in front of everyone, scaring all his kids... We looked EVERYWHERE for that gun, but concluded my grandpa was forced to sell it by my grandma after that incident <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mr.Glum, post: 9930848, member: 87833"]Guys, I have an update. This is a very early work of Eberhard Kokkin (1856-1920), a famous locksmith and gunmaker in his time amd area. He's from Åsta, Åmot, Norway. He made some mean-looking and bad-ass guns :) [URL]https://digitaltmuseum.no/011022724276/gevaer[/URL] He's the brother of my great great grandmother, The generation above me was crystal clear that their grandfather told them it was special as kids. I also have an hammer from his workshop, the smaller sized hammer can been seen at our national digital museum here: [URL]https://digitaltmuseum.no/011022725849/hammer[/URL] My mother has a gun powder horn made by him, other items like bayonettes, knifes, mid-century guns, and tools, has been split between the family without anyone checking closely what it is. There was a long barrelled shotgun present at the place until the late 50's, when my grandfather butched a job killing kittens in front of everyone, scaring all his kids... We looked EVERYWHERE for that gun, but concluded my grandpa was forced to sell it by my grandma after that incident :)[/QUOTE]
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