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I didn't quite know where to put this. Often times as I sit at Ted's shop and watch all that goes on, I often catch myself wondering what the future of custom gun building will bring us. With Ted, you realize we are at the forefront of what is being done with 1911's and High Powers along with the rilfe and shotgun builds.

As I thought today playing with the monkees (my kids) on Mothers Day, it is somewhat inconsequential what the future of our current best builders represented here on LTW do in the future. Maybe the examples we see on these pages are the future. Most builders are doing what others before have done. French borders, serrated flat tops, bevels, internal work. However, has anyone done it better than the best are doing it today? I don't think so. We are still doing those same things....The end user the customer and shooter are maybe enjoying the best the industry has to offer...from any era. The machining is certainly better, the parts are better, and the experience speaks for itself.

How much better could it get, if any? My hat is off to the guys like Yost, Christiansen, Rogers, Williams, Chen, Harrison, and C.T. Brian who are putting out today what others will look at and call the best of the best. There will be other builders no doubt. But, is anyone going to be able to better the platform, or enhance these guns with more taste? Again, I doubt it. If so, I can't wait to see what the future has to bring.

I feel fortunate to be with the best teacher I know and to pick the brains of the others I still continue to study. The LTW #1 certainly represents all of what I am mentioning here. I think the old guard would be proud of what you have all done.

Congrats to you guys. And thanks....this is fun.


BTW...this is not an ass kiss post. Just a sincere thanks.

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"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking."
- General George Patton Jr

I'll certainly second that Steve! The very people responsible for the fuel and inspiration for my own success are members of this site! Three months ago if you asked me if I would have ever dreamed of being able to speak with the masters on a regular basis and have the chance to learn from the best indirectly through correspondence with others, I would have answered "not likely" as I know how busy things can get in the shop! But my e-mail to Tim Brian thanking him for the inspiring, magical work he does, earned myself an invitation to LTW, and the most exhilerating exposure to the best of the best! I am in awe of the talent here! My hat is off to each and every master involved with LTW! My interest and love of the craft has been much more than renewed, it's been reborn! I simply can't thank Tim enough for the invite! Ted, Tim, Ned, John, Stan, Chuck, Steve..... INCREDIBLE!

My wife and I were speaking tonight about the beginning of Classic Custom, as well as the future and the subject kept coming to one conclusion... to continue to strive for the level of excellence exhibited here, both in craftmanship AND in excellence!

Connor

Whatever the future brings it will be incredible. The talant that is here, it takes a chunk of shaped steal and turns it into a 1 of a kind. If the future is better than the pistol I own, I can't wait to see it.
Tony

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Mr. Chen, the future is calling....would you like to take it in your office?


Guys like Stan are IMO the future as Steve describes it. They're amazing now, and they're just "kids". I hope my tired peepers hold out so I can see the guns of 2020. I can only imagine.

The bar that's been raised so high by Chuck, Tim, Ned and the others will require a helicopter to clear when the youngsters have come into their own

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Heirloom Precision, LLC.
480-804-1911

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

TR