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FeedThe Devil's in the Details
By Douglas Tate
When it comes to London gunmakers, we can be forgiven for seeing them as prisoners of a kind of purgatory: If they innovate, they're in danger of losing traditional clients; if they don't, they're unlikely to find new ones. So it's damned if they do and damned if they don't. The firm of Charles Hellis, a name my computer spell-checker advises should be re-written as "hellish," is a diabolical example. Started in the 1880s by Charles Edward Hellis in the Paddington area, C. Hellis & Sons was perhaps best known for ordinary boxlocks featuring decoratively engraved metal plates recessed into the side panels that were intended to strengthen the head of the stock.
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