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  1. Artist007

    Smith & Wesson 36 Chief - Engraving My Second Pistol

    I've finished engraving the cylinder of the model 36 I am working on. It's going to be somewhat inspired by the antique revolvers produced by Tiffany & Co. It will take time, but I decided to sculpture engrave it. I will post more images as I go, but here is what I have completed so far. I...
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    Design Transfer onto Spherical Shaped Surface

    Seems maybe this would be a common question, but can anyone give me guidance or provide a thread/post link on doing a successful transfer onto a spherical shaped surface? For example: the part that protrudes behind the cylinder on the frame of a single action army revolver, or a trigger guard. I...
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    Engraving my first Spyderco knife, sculpture technique

    Hello all. I was going to wait until I was done to post anything about this, but I'm really pleased with how it's turning out. I'm putting the skills I learned from Sam Alfano's Deep Relief Sculpture Engraving video to good use. The skull is about 1.125" tall. The scrolls will be standard line...
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    Sculpture Engraving First Attempt

    Hello all, I bought Sam Alfano's online video "Deep Relief Sculpting, Master Class" and gave it a try. I highly recommend this video. Here are my first attempts. Doing the first one, the dagger, I didn't have my controls set right, which didn't give me very much power to move the metal. But the...
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    Engraved My First Firearm

    Hello all, Just sharing my work. I'm pretty new to engraving. So far, I've done two practice plates, a Zippo, a small pendant, and a revolver. This is my first firearm engraving, a Smith & Wesson Military & Police 38 Special Model 10-5. I got pretty ambitious pretty quickly, and I think it...
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    Removing Manganese Phosphate Coating AKA Parkerized Coating

    Hello engravers, I'm new here and want to give thanks in advance for any help I might receive. I'm also somewhat of a new engraver. I've had some equipment for a while now, but just starting to really dig in. I'm wanting to engrave the slide of a 1911 pistol for my dad's birthday. The pistol...
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