You can't get ATF approval for any gun made before 1898 because they don't have jurisdiction. By law anything of that vintage isn't a firearm, it's an antique and should be imported with the word "antiques" on the Customs form. I know, I've tried. The ATF was sympathetic but couldn't help...
You want to go to www.atfe.gov and apply for a collector's license. It's called a 'cruffle' for Collector and Relic Firearms License. It costs $30 and lasts three years. It does say that you can't buy and sell with the license but if you hold the gun for a year, you're good to go. Otherwise...
Some day soon. It' like Pokimon coins or modern baseball cards. Anything made deliberately for collecting will have no value whatsoever within five years, max. Besides, he's a kid. What does he know about anything? I swear, the voting age should be raised to thirty!
I vote for the skinny tube. Now a question. Can this roll be done with any decent (i.e. Akubra Stylemaster) felt hat or only the finest quality? I'll want one in Europe in April but I fear my budget won't support a Powell.
*teeth chattering in anticipation . . . * Yeah, pix!
Though I admit that the picture of the mouse grey with burgundy gives me ideas. How hard is it really to re-ribbon a hat? If I took a Akubra Stylemaster in moonstone . . .
On the subject of artists using family members as models, it's actually fairly common and historic. If an artist started using his children as cherubs when they were small, by the time the daughters got to radiant adulthood it would just be something you did. Them most recent famous example is...
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