This Old Ithaca
Embodying a history of family, friendships and choices This began as a drawn-out conversation about refurbishing an heirloom shotgun, and then it swerved sideways...
A Defender for the Uplands
Elizabeth is the work of Paul Potratz and his team at Helderburg, LLC.
The Patiala Silver Ghost
In 1919 in India, where peasants and oxcarts vastly outnumbered princes and motorcars, this bespoke Rolls-Royce must have appeared like the chariot of a god.
Rigby’s Rising
A century on, a new gun meets—and makes—gunmaking history.
Fausti Turns 70
Celebrating a gunmaking milestone.
Carl Russell & Co. Gun No. 001
Last November Carl Russell reached two major milestones: the age of 40 and his first new gun. No, he did not get a gun for his birthday; he completed one and delivered it to a client.
Atkin’s ‘Holy Trinity’
Henry Atkin 12-bore No. 768 was rebuilt by English gunmaker Carl Russell & Co. before it was reunited with its two siblings.
Avedon & Colby Field Shirt
Avedon & Colby’s Signature Field Shirt has, by my count, 19 distinct high-tech features, eight of which appear to be unique to this garment.
On Snilesworth Moor
Ruinously expensive, almost preposterously élitist, leading to giddy highs and suicidal lows, driven-grouse shooting is one of those sporting challenges that exceeds.
Carl Russell & Co. Gunmakers
High-end gunrooms don’t open every day—in Great Britain or the US—so the debut of Carl Russell & Co. Gunmakers is news.
At a Premiere Gun Sale
In Rock Island, Illinois, with paddle in hand.