Mike Dubber
Elite Cafe Member
www.engravingtransfers.com
This new system of Engraving Transfers is designed to assist the engraver in establishing proper and credible Colt Style Scrolls on Colt Single Action Army Revolvers, and on Colt SAA Clones (Turnbull Open Range, US Arms, Ruger Vaquero, Cimmeron, Uberti and others). With creative adjustments, transfers are also used for scrolling other simlilarly styed Western and single action revolvers from various manufacturers. By using the instructions included with the various Kits, permanent scroll images can be easily transferred from the Transfer Sheet© directly to the metal; surfaces of the handgun.
The Transfer Sheets:© these transfers are printed on Tom White's newest generation transfer media, and they are transferred to the firearm using Transfer Magic. The engravers who tested the product tell us that they are able to re-use the transfers up to five times. The sheets contain an entire set (in multiples) of scroll transfers for a Single Acvtion Army revolver.
Photos:
Top - Acrylic Casting©
2nd - Transfer Sheet©
3rd - Turnbull Open Range by Mike Dubber
4th - Colt SAA by Les Schowe
Both examples engraved using the Dubber/Schowe Transfer System©
The Castings included with the Complete Kit are from molds of original Steel Master Plates executed by Mike and Les. They illustrate the kind of of artistic appeal that has been applied to Colt engraving for the past 150 years. Castings are included with the Complete Kit for the engraver to see and study detail, background and depth of cuts. The hand engraved lines are not static, they are not flat, and they are not mechanical, single-dimension lines cut into steel. These cuts change, flair, and diminish as they are cut...what is referred to as 'Beveling the Cut." The detail and shading lines create another layer of interest for the viewer, and various background treatments create yet another. The casting displays various ways of shading scrolls and leaves, and there are several background treatments that work to contribute to the overall appeal of the finished work. Those layers of interest enhance what woud otherwise be flat and uninteresting scroll patterns.
Check out the new products at www.engravingtransfers.com
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