Sadly , I can only agree with every word of Alistair's-
Mary
Quoting Alastair Wilson <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Jane,
> Surely it CANNOT be RK. Since his initials were JRK, RSK makes no
> kind of sense. Nor did he go to Australia after the South African
> War (not that that is necessarily of any great moment) However, if
> it had been RK's, with a Roosevelt connection. it is highly unlikely
> that he would have disposed of it in his lifetime - and if it had
> been disposed of after his death, then there ought to have been some
> provenance with it. The lack of any other such information, with the
> wrong initials, suggests a nigh on 99% certainty that it had nothing
> to do with RK
> I'm sorry to rain on Graeme Philpotts' parade, but that's my view.
> Yours,
> Alastair
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jane keskar
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 5:23 PM
> Subject: Fw: rudyard kipling in africa
>
>
> Could anyone throw any light on this query?
> Many thanks,
> Jane Keskar
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: graeme phillpotts
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 4:44 AM
> Subject: rudyard kipling in africa
>
>
> Jane,
> I have a friend over here (australia) who is a major gun
> collector, he picked up some years ago a colt single action pistol
> and holster from a deceased estate, the part that may be of interest
> to you is the pistol is extensively engraved and has the initials RSK
> in gold on the backstrap, also the holster has RSK on it and the
> words South Africa 1900, plus some other battles etc in the Boer war,
> also there is a few words in indian on it , which I am getting a
> copy, the pistol came ina box retailed in India, and has sanscrit?
> writing on the label (yet to be decifered), My question is did
> Rudyard kipling ever go with a middle initial of some type (S for
> Sahib maybe), My friend is a world wide authority on colts, and is
> aware that Kipling was a great friend of Teddy Roosevelts, and this
> pistol is almost identical to Teddy's personal revolver, I suppose
> I am on a thin limb thinking it may be related to Kipling, but
> thought any assistance you may be able to give would either dispel or
> point to his ownership, there may also be some photos of him in
> south africa, wearing a side arm, that may point to what type it was.
>
> thanks for any help that you can give
>
>
> Regards
> Graeme Phillpotts
> Melbourne Australia
>
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