Presentation Tomahawk to A.H. Hardy
1932
Birds eye maple
Length 18"
Provenance: Private collection, Cortez, CO
A.H. Hardy Beverly Hills, CA
A.H. Hardy was a world famous sharpshooter and was a pallbearer for Buffalo Bill Cody, in Denver Colorado. He began leatherwork in Omaha Nebraska at the age of 17. Wherever he lived he always had his leather shop with him, making saddles, holsters, purses and anything leather. In Beverly Hills he worked with the studios as a technical director and teaching actors how to shoot. Actors worked with included Tom Mix, Fred Stone, Clark Gable, William S. Hart, Andy Devine, Fred MacMurray, and others. He also made custom holsters for them. In the 1935 movie Annie Oakley his daughter Kathryn did the shooting for Barbara Stanwick, who played Annie Oakley, and Hardy for Prescott Foster who played Toby Walker. A rare historical artifact from a time gone by.
1932
Birds eye maple
Length 18"
Provenance: Private collection, Cortez, CO
A.H. Hardy Beverly Hills, CA
A.H. Hardy was a world famous sharpshooter and was a pallbearer for Buffalo Bill Cody, in Denver Colorado. He began leatherwork in Omaha Nebraska at the age of 17. Wherever he lived he always had his leather shop with him, making saddles, holsters, purses and anything leather. In Beverly Hills he worked with the studios as a technical director and teaching actors how to shoot. Actors worked with included Tom Mix, Fred Stone, Clark Gable, William S. Hart, Andy Devine, Fred MacMurray, and others. He also made custom holsters for them. In the 1935 movie Annie Oakley his daughter Kathryn did the shooting for Barbara Stanwick, who played Annie Oakley, and Hardy for Prescott Foster who played Toby Walker. A rare historical artifact from a time gone by.
1932
Birds eye maple
Length 18"
Provenance: Private collection, Cortez, CO
A.H. Hardy Beverly Hills, CA
A.H. Hardy was a world famous sharpshooter and was a pallbearer for Buffalo Bill Cody, in Denver Colorado. He began leatherwork in Omaha Nebraska at the age of 17. Wherever he lived he always had his leather shop with him, making saddles, holsters, purses and anything leather. In Beverly Hills he worked with the studios as a technical director and teaching actors how to shoot. Actors worked with included Tom Mix, Fred Stone, Clark Gable, William S. Hart, Andy Devine, Fred MacMurray, and others. He also made custom holsters for them. In the 1935 movie Annie Oakley his daughter Kathryn did the shooting for Barbara Stanwick, who played Annie Oakley, and Hardy for Prescott Foster who played Toby Walker. A rare historical artifact from a time gone by.