CSM Oakleaf & Acorn with Bobwhite Quail

Weldon47 · Mar 10, 2014

Here's a recently completed project. A CSM/Winchester Model 21 three bbl set (20, 28 & 410)
Featuring sculpted, multi-layer deep relief oak leaf & acorn with Bobwhite Quail. Finished in antique nickel.

Thanks & enjoy,
Weldon

Weldon47 · Mar 10, 2014

Couple more pics

A few more photos

ETHELBERT · Mar 10, 2014

Tihs gun looks GREAT! I really llike the oak leaves they look like you could reach in and grab some.....great job

g.rohrbaugh · Mar 10, 2014

This is what dreams are made of! Fantastic work!

Gary

rayf24 · Mar 10, 2014

Weldon that is excellent I am a big fan of oak leaf you can have all five stars this week and a A+ thanks for showing very tasteful :bow::bow:
Ray

mrthe · Mar 10, 2014

Weldon this is great! Oal leaf from my point of view are very hard to engrave/carve with a good result and your is great!!!
Congratulations

Artemiss · Mar 10, 2014

You are truly the master of the oak leaf, Weldon!

Andrew Biggs · Mar 10, 2014

Fabulous work as always, Weldon. Your work is always so rich.

Yep, you are the master of oak leaf alright.

Cheers
Andrew

Big-Un · Mar 11, 2014

Thanks for showing us this. The flow and execution are fantastic.

Bill

Sam · Mar 11, 2014

Amazing and beautiful on many levels!! :clapping: :thumbsup:

RDP · Mar 11, 2014

All of the above + awesome, congrats, and thanks for sharing, :tiphat:

Richard.

SamW · Mar 11, 2014

Weldon, that is a most striking piece of work! How did the hardness of the metal compare to original M21s?

ken dixon · Mar 11, 2014

Beautiful work, as always. Thanks for posting this.
Ken

LVVP · Mar 11, 2014

Weldon

This is amazing ! Thanks

Weldon47 · Mar 11, 2014

Thank for the kind words!
SamW: It was pretty tough but…. wasn't nearly as hard (rockwell scale) as the older Winchester Model 21's. I used Cmax for most of the cutting. FYI: Cmax works very well with hammer & chisel!

WL

SamW · Mar 11, 2014

Thanks...well done Weldon!

Weldon47 · Mar 12, 2014

A few more pics

KCSteve · Mar 12, 2014

Weldon

I'm wondering if part of the appeal of this piece is from you're having done it with Hammer & Chisel.

The ability to control the force of each hit would, I think, help a bit with the modeling you've done, especially where you've rolled the edges up a bit. Not that you can't do the same sort of thing when using air assist, but being able to put just a little extra umph on select hits should make it easier.

Also I wonder if the details are actually easier to do with H&C. While it's easy to control the pace & force with air assist I would think that, again, it would be even easier with H&C.

Of course all of that is dependent on having spent the time to build up the skills necessary to do all of this - air assist makes basic cutting a lot easier to learn, at least in my humble opinion.

JMiller · Mar 12, 2014

A beautiful piece, really like the oak leaf.... nice work!!

Weldon47 · Mar 12, 2014

Thanks folks!
Steve: I don't know about that… I've seen some beautiful sculpting done with air tooling. Sam Alfano, Ken Hunt, Phil Coggin, etc,etc come to mind (my apologies if I've left someone out). On extra hard steel I think the hammer would be an asset though!

Weldon

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