I have always thought of Chipper Thompson as a musician—which he is , a fine one: But we first met him at the Gerald Peters gallery art shows with our old gang of painters and sculptors—Tony Angell, Stevel Kestrel, Tom Quinn, and many others, in the days when there was money and director …
Category: Beautiful objects and tools
Charlin
I achieved an unusual coup the other day; I paid off my gun dealer’s bill with an expensive gun, and got a better one for less money. It is a Charlin, not a Darne. While they look superficially alike, the Charlin’s breech rolls on ball bearings and can be moved by two arthritic fingers, while …