At Steve's suggestion, I got permission from Carol Nott to take some pictures of what she has done with Ron's engraving studio. Here they are with a couple more I took about 2-3 months before Ron passed away.
If you happen to have others of Ron, please add them to this thread with a...
I've been working on this in my spare time since this summer. It has a "2nd Amendment" theme with the flag, 13 inlaid stars, inlaid borders, lettering, scroll work, crossed olive branches on the muzzle, and a small bulino eagle. I also did the bluing.
Tnx!
What do you do when you're laying out a design for a gun that will be blued after significantly important inlays? The scroll work will be mostly obscured by the dark bluing leaving the highlighted inlays. Do you just imagine what the reversed image will look like, or do you use any other...
This is what his website states he covers for the Intermediate Class:
gold line inlay
gold sheet inlay
more advanced scroll design
refining cutting techniques and individual skills
HOWEVER...
At the July class I attended he thoroughly covered:
Lots of special graver...
Categorized by type (pistol, revolver, rifle, etc.). Specifically identified where possible. Thanks to all the contributors.
To add more, either add the picture to this thread, or email them to me (I'll add them to the Sticky).
Categorized by type (pistol, revolver, rifle, etc.). Specifically identified where possible. Thanks to all the contributors.
To add more, either add the picture to this thread, or email them to me (I'll add them to the Sticky).
Categorized by type (pistol, revolver, rifle, etc.). Specifically identified where possible. Thanks to all the contributors.
To add more, either add the picture to this thread, or email them to me (I'll add them to the Sticky).
Obviously, my posts have brought out the best and worst in some respondents.
On the positive side, I've gotten a few very instructive and encouraging forum responses; some very nice PMs; an invitation to go one-on-one via Skype; and today a small package from Cloudy.
There was no writing...
I started this one by drawing the spine and leaves directly on the plate. I then cut the 1) spine & leaves, 2) did the shading, 3) cut the crosshatching, 4) stippled the background and 5) added the black paint.
I realized that I cut the shading and crosshatching too lightly as they virtually...
Here is the practice plate I cut from the drawing posted here last evening. I have not done the shading as of yet.
This example will have the spine obscured by the leaves and shading. You'll see that my efforts on beveling the leaf ends is not very consistent. This is one of the smallest...
With the help of a lot of folks, I think I'm beginning to see how these things are supposed to come together. Lots of room for improvement, yet. CC welcomed.