Kit Ravenshear was born in Surrey, England in 1930. He began working on guns and restored his first firearm, a boxlock pistol, at age 13. As an adult, Kit was a 2nd Lt with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. He later served as the Weapons Training Officer in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlander Regiment. After discharge, he served as a police officer in Suffolk and returned to Scotland to work as a salesman.
    Throughout this period, he also served as a part time gunsmith until 1962, when he acquired Normans of Framlingham, an old gun business. By 1963, he was admitted into the ranks of Master Gunmaker. Immigrating to Canada in 1971, he settled in Pennsylvannia in 1973. Each booklet is 7” x 8-1/2”, staple bound.
CRAFT & PRACTICE - Part 2 Ramrods, Pipes, Sheetmetal Work, Top Jaw Screws, etc.. 32 pages. The 2nd of the Craft and Practices manuals addresses bench techniques and is divided onto two sections. The first deals with WOOD and the second with METAL. The wood section has information on jigs, dies and other supporting devices – while the metal section deals with entry pipes, butt plates, trigger guards, nose caps and pommels made from sheet metal.               No.  703634