I’m having difficulty checkering the top lever. Should I keep going with less than perfect checkering which is difficult to see at arms length. Or just remove the area to be checkered and stipple it?
thanks Dan
Well, think I am about done with the Kudu. Took a break and worked on some other pieces too.
TOS, I’m guessing somewhere between 125 and 150 hours on the kudu and 6 each for the other eagle and trout.
The compound curves of the buttplate I am working on is creating photography issues for me. I used Procreate to overlay two pictures focusing mostly on getting eyes and then nostrils aligned. Then I traced main features with green and red ink . As you can see from the two photo’s The eyes and...
Lots of black guns. I didn’t see any wood. Does not seem good for hand engraving, at least in the near term.....
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/6/8/new-rifles-for-2020/?MvBriefArticleId=4051
I am making a keepsake for my wife. It is an engraving of her late brother on the back of a silver quarter. As you might expect I want it to be the best that I can do and I would like some advice. what Am I missing? What needs work? odd that the right cheek is washed out on all the pics...
It was suggested that I post a couple more pictures of the Winchester 94 that I used for illustration in another post. Sorry if you have seen them before.
Thought that I should work on some less expensive pieces before jumping into the rifle. I shared the design here over a year ago. I know that it was not everyone’s favorite (not even mine), but thought it would be a good test.
Question - is this type of shading too fine for a rifle? Fewer...
This is my take on black leaf design. Not sure that it actually qualifies as black leaf or if the design is pleasing to others. What does or doesn’t look right?
Dan