Local weaponsmith makes guns for the big screen

WOODBURY, Ky. – Frank House and his wife Lally are artists in their own right, who specialize in more historic type wear and weapons.

Lally does porcupine quill work, it’s a more Native American art form used to make different kinds of things like knife covers and small satchels. Frank is primarily a gun maker but has made other kinds of weapons for individual clients, dating from early colonial to civil war.

Crazy enough, both work with big media forms like tv shows/movies and they’ve worked on some big names you might’ve heard of. However, the latest project is the Pale Blue Eye from Netflix.

Frank said it was an interesting time on set, with it all being shot on location in Pennsylvania though he wasn’t a fan of the cold. Overall, the gunsmith said it was an enjoyable project to work on with regard to the plot. Frank admitted he was a fan of the story line and the surprising twist at the end.

However, Frank said he’s getting up there in age and feels as if his movie runs are coming to an end. “Lally and I, we’re artists first. You know working in the movie industry has been fun but we’re artists” the armorer told News 40.

But what you might say is the most surprising thing about Frank, he turned down “Pirates of the Caribbean” not once but three times! The artist wasn’t a fan of upwards of 6 months away from home, along with he and his wife doing very well with their careers at the time. But in a coincidental turn of events, the prop master for Pirates of the Carribbean 20 years later is the prop master of the Pale Blue Eye who ended up calling Frank once again to have him come out and work on the production.

Frank said toward the end of the interview that he “always felt guilty” that he couldn’t help Chris out on the out to sea blockbuster so he told him “I feel like I owe you one”. Truly a full circle moment for Frank House.