And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That is a fine looking picture!
ReplyDeleteCurly tiger maple?
ReplyDeleteExquisite craftsmanship.
ReplyDeletewhy does it look like the metal on the butt are hinged, do they open for storage in the end
ReplyDeleteYes they do, you store your patches there.
DeleteIts where you keep your skittles
DeleteI have a flintlock, made by Royland Southgate, that looks like them.
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