Do you have any more left hand levers for the Hepburn, have a student that is wanting to build another rifle and the Hepburn is appealing to him and we discussed making a lever for the left side...?
Greg

Those are some nicely engraved rifles that Ken did. His work is highly appreciated by many. I have a Ballard that I bought some years ago that was engraved with a dragon scene. I purchased the action already engraved and then built a rifle around it.

Rodney,
That looks like it will work!
Email coming your way
Greg

J.J.
Is Ken still around? He just kind of disappeared from this website after his wife passed away. I've always wondered if he is still with us. We used to converse quite a bit during some of my rifle builds. He was a big help.

Old-Win wrote on Aug 25^th, 2020 at 1:48pm:


He passed maybe six years ago in Robersonville, NC. As I understand it he was barely able to feed or take care of himself. After his death and the police finding his body his shop was looted it seems. A woodworking friend of mine in the same town was building him a custom bench that he could use handicapped. From what he told me all his tools, parts and some guns vanished including one of his pieces. This is second hand info but my source is sound.

Rick

Correction six years ago I met him in NC not sure when he passed. Sorry.

MrTipUp wrote on Aug 25^th, 2020 at 4:28pm:


Yea my mistake I met him @bout six years ago not sure when he passed. 

Rick

I'm sorry to hear that about Ken. Yes Lisa's engraving is very good. I'd compare her bulino to Winston Churchill.

The last time I talked with Ken he was in a lot of pain,I'll post pictures of our first engrave-in. J.J.

Wow is she [Lisa Tomlin]talented! But one had better be serious about an heirloom gun, she commands top prices and as well she should!

As my dad used to say, "You don't get what you don't pay for."

Bill Lawrence

Colt Single Action Army engraved in approx. 2004 ...

I still remember Ken getting the Pope award he did more than one raffle rifle for the ASSRA back in the day. Most of our own personal conversations were about shooting, bullet designs, experimenting and how to go about doing load development as a competitive shooter. Ken was a very nice, open and gracious gentleman who reminded me allot of Michael Petrov who was also the same type of gentleman himself.

Here's the picture of the first engrave in at Ken Hurst's home in North Carolina. May 2009. I'm the good looking guy in the blue shirt with the white beard. JJ

Now I know what an engraver looks like. Pretty scarce hereabouts. Nice thread going here, Joe,thanks

I have not seen Ken since the ealy 90s. I would not have recognized him. I thought he was the dark haired guy at the table.

Artwork crafted into the metal on a Peabody Sporting Rifle, by Ken Hurst, from the 1990's. Though never had the privilege of meeting Mr. Hurst, I did speak with him around 2010.

Ken Hurst engraved a martini for me, not sure how long ago maybe 7 or 8 years ago. I spent several hours on the phone with him. he was a very pleasant person to talk too.