Coburn's mystery 'Hiki'... anyone know what the hell it is?

[chieffool]

First Phoenix fair, and i happen to be chatting at a stand when Mr 'COBURN' of this fair board turns up with a mystery rifle.

I took pics which coburn and I have chatted over, and i offered to email them over so he could have the fun (well-earned) of posting up a 'anyone know what the hell this is?' query.

Having looked through the pics again this morning i studied The stamp on the RHS of the stock, and LHS of the spring/air chamber. They should be recognisable.... just don't know what as yet.

Both show a shield topped with a crown, flanked either side by spread wings sprouting from the shield:

• In the metal version it is easier to see the shield contains the word 'Hiki' set diagonally in the same hand-written script as it appears solus on the butt.
• The metalwork stamp has shorter/different text: Looks like 'TORVALD'.
• The Wooden stock stamp (i think) shows "TORV.VEEVE", BUT the second word could be VEFVE?

Nothing shows up on searches. Hiki is a modern slang term in japanese (discounted), but TORVALD is a Danish name. However, nothing obvious results in searches (i've tried under vintage guns, emblems, flags, mottos, etc) for Danish, Swedish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Austrian....etc.

Anyway - PICS:
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfhkkjodb.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...pshp8h4b1j.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psmofqefc4.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psxmulxcqh.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbeug5qqc.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...pssqjbatzy.jpg

...and THIS is probably where Garvin trips in with a website he's already built unbeknown to us with over 100 pics he's already collated or taken on this hitherto unknown make...
...or perhaps edbear has one in his workshop he's currently reassembling....!!

[PS - let me know if i've got the links wrong]

[chieffool]

ref the 'metal stamp' .... looks like its possibly a bad 'strike' - as though the image is slightly 'doubled'.
Maybe that's why the text is different?

[air-tech]

Torv. Vedve - very interesting

look up 271729867109 on ze bay!

Torv. is a contraction of a name which appears to be Hungarian.

Perhaps a Hungarian person could help.

Seems very well made.

[air-tech]

• the metalwork stamp has shorter/different text: Looks like 'torvald'.

Torv.Ved.

• the wooden stock stamp (i think) shows "torv.veeve", but the second word could be vefve?

Torv.Vedve

[frakor]

Only thing I can find is the meaning of "Torv.Vedve" and it means "registered trade mark" ,so that is no help.
It IS Hungarian language though...


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Frank

[air-tech]

Only thing I can find is the meaning of "Torv.Vedve" and it means "registered trade mark" ,so that is no help.
It IS Hungarian language though...


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Frank

Well that was one hell of a dead end therefore!

But it means the shield is the trademark and probably the gun is Hungarian... so the door is still ajar

[DT Fletcher]

The name in script on the butt looks to me like: Hißi or "Hissi"

[air-tech]

Try asking this fellow?

http://forum.index.hu/Search/showArt...1&aq_text=hiki