And the Khaki M1899 I wore Friday.
He will be missed. I met him at a Civil War event outside Petersburg VA in 1991. He had one M1874 artillery sack coat hanging up midst the CW uniforms. It was sun faded in the shoulders from hanging so long, he'd made it on a whim. When I mentioned I wanted it for Cowboy shooting, he wanted to know what that was. He was VERY interested.
A true gentleman to deal with, I got a lot of stuff from him in the early days, including the first double row mills belt I ever saw available.