Today I got a chance to take pictures of a Mark Bokenkamp rifle. Mark was the resident blacksmith at the Ohio Village. He built really nice rifles and later moved into ornamental iron work. He died in 2016 from a fall caused by a neurological condition.
This rifle has all hand-forged hardware and silver accents all over it. While it isn't of a particular style, if I had to pick a category, the iron furniture and profile put it in the really fancy Tennessee/western No. Carolina category. He built it as he wanted. Then dolled it up several levels to the "Who cares about the style. It's a really nice rifle" category.
It has a straight 13/16" .45cal. barrel(I would guess it is a Douglas) with a good sparking Haddaway lock and single set trigger.
If you notice the signature, he engraved his name on the barrel. Later on he used a cartouche to stamp his initials(an intertwined M and B near the breech) in the metal a la John Bivins.
More pictures of his work can be found in the book "Three Centuries of Tradition".
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