An 1876 Winchester i am working on

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ut at our show in Las Vegas I had on my table an 1876 I was starting to engrave some scenes on. The first photo is what I had to show back then. right front frame.jpg left side stagecoach.jpg Since then I have almost finished the larger scene with a stagecoach on the left side. Here is a picture of where I am with it at this point in time. I did send Andrew a slew of in progress photos of this to use in an upcoming newsletter. Sorry for the poor quality but considering they are hand held cell phone photos I cant really complain
Hope you enjoy them
 
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Absolutely amazing!! I wish I could be a fly on your bench scope while you work. Would love to see how this is done!
 
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You set the bar high.
Even the great Chewbacca would find it difficult to touch.
As your padiwan, I can only hope the Force will be with me a fraction of your degree.
A greater teacher would be difficult to find.
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Just Amazing! Thumbs up! This is motivation for me and all newbies to try and get better and better. When i grow up i want to be engraving like this.. hehe.. keep dreaming..
Can i ask you mr. how do you do the picture.. meaning, do you outline the picture and then go to details? I imagine that such details can't be transfered with any method / laser or ink...
I am having trouble when laser transfering, that i only get the main outline because fine details can be blury when transfering (like the cowboy 2nd from right - where his coat overlaps the horse) Then i have to like asume where the details go and can mess up quite a lot. Any additional info will be much appreciated. Thank you, and thanks for sharing this.
 
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Good morning and thanks so much for the wonderful comments. Like I mentioned i have sent Andrew about 20 photos i took while working on this and it should show how I progress with my cuts while doing this. Like I have always said "I engrave the same way that I draw".
Stick...to answer you question...I just transfer the main outlines and then build up shadows and details from that point. I do change things as I go along as things always look different on metal than paper. At times you just have to walk away from it for a few days to look at it fresh and see what you are missing. you do get tunnel vision.
Here is one photo that I sent Andrew for the article which I still have to write details for him. As an interesting note on this, the part that worried me the most was the wagon wheels. I was unsure how to create the illusion of them spinning through some dust so I engraved it with just some varied shadow lined in places. I got lucky.
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The game plan is to have this finished and together for or show this coming Jan for display and the client can take it home with him then also. I just ordered some molding rubber to make castings of it also. Sorry we didn't spend more time talking this last show.
 
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Absolutely fantastic inspiration! I have a pre '64 Winchester '94 I'm looking to do something with and your work inspires me to set my goals high. Thank you for posting your work and progress pictures.

Bill
 
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Always a pleasure to see what comes off your bench Marty. The best engravings of this type tell a story and your's speak volumes. I do hope you cast it. I have several of your castings here in the shop and they have been instrumental in my advancement.
 
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