Jerry Fisher Hagn action single shot "Best engraved Rifle Award" Reno 2009

Barry Lee Hands · Feb 9, 2009

I am grateful for the support I recieved on this one in Reno from the Guild members and wanted to say thank you. Here are a few pics of what I did to accomplish the work.
I am traveling, and the bandwidth here in Shanghai is not what it could be so please be patient as it could be difficult to reply.

I spent a month on drawings, on and off. This is one I did about a week into it:

after another week or so I had the critters arranged:

and the result:

Andrew Biggs · Feb 9, 2009

Hi Barry

A thouroughly deserved award. Beautiful rifle and engraving. It was a real pleasure holding and seeing the rifle in Reno and talking with you about it.

Cheers
Andrew

Sam · Feb 9, 2009

That's a beauty. I'm sorry I couldn't be in Reno to see it in person.

Tira · Feb 9, 2009

Thanks for posting - it's always nice to see close-ups of the work.

ddushane · Feb 9, 2009

Thanks for the Close ups Barry! I love to be able to see everything, You did an awesome job on this one! As usual for you,

Dwayne

fegarex · Feb 9, 2009

Thanks for the photo follow up Barry. Very nice work!

joseph engraver · Feb 9, 2009

Barry, first class work all the way; you have hit another homerun.
Bravo,sometime will you post pix of the obverse side?

Barry Lee Hands · Feb 9, 2009

Thanks everyone, Sam I am sorry you weren't in Reno, and Tira, it was very nice to meet you there, Thanks DD, and Rex( Mr. President), and Joseph, as to your request, as to that, here you go. . . .

Ron Smith · Feb 9, 2009

Good show Barry!!

Congratulations again!!

I'm curious.

Those look like silver inlays in the animals butts. If they are, I didn't notice it when I saw it in person. Are these silver inlays, or is it just the shine on the metal?

Ron S

D.Ellis · Feb 9, 2009

That's awesome! I love the goats and sheep on the quarter rib too.
Darcy

Weldon47 · Feb 9, 2009

Barry,

Awesome work as always & congrats on the well-deserved award!!

Weldon

ED DELORGE · Feb 9, 2009

Hello Barry, that is beautiful. I like your sculptured leaves and ribbons it is all great. That relief looks .020 thousands deep that is amazing.

Thanks for the view.

Ed

John B. · Feb 9, 2009

Beautiful and rich sculpture.
Way to go, Barry.
Well deserved award.
Have fun in China, my friend.
John B.

rod · Feb 9, 2009

No question, Barry,

You are fast, fearless, and really, really good !

I enjoyed hearing something about your early days in Calfornia, when a bunch of us dined in Reno, and fun to pick and strum a few with you.

... and you are generous....Thank you also for walking us through many a project with excellent, clear photography on both this forum, and the Lindsay forum. Still get chills looking at that 'Franklin' gun and remembering the Arctic ice!

best

Rod

Barry Lee Hands · Feb 9, 2009

Thank you for all the kind words and observations.
Thanks D, I alays try to reflect the rest of the piece on the quarter rib, without doing so much as to distract from the lines.
My Teacher Ron S., The Bighorn butts are burnished, as well as the horns and noses, it gives a good "white" effect, the only inlays on this one where on the safety, "F" and "S". I still remember the good times at the metal melding class and will exercise some of those lessons soon I hope.
Weldon and Ed, thanks, and its closer to .035 in the deep spots, I will show how I got there as I post more pics.
I love you John B, thanks for taking the time , and always for listening.
And Rod, thanks for letting me put my fingerprints on your wonderful guitars, and I will refresh myself on "Tennesee waltz" before we meet again so I wont hurt any eardrums with your fiddle next time

monk · Feb 9, 2009

barry : looking at your work makes me wish i knew how to engrave ! congratulations on a most impressive work !

Arnaud Van Tilburgh · Feb 10, 2009

Just beautiful
congratulations,

arnaud

Barry Lee Hands · Feb 15, 2009

Thanks Guys, here is the drawing for the Sheep side, then the acetone transfer, then I carved the leaves, and protected them with etching ground:

ANd I gotta say, the internet connection sucks in Shanghai, hehe.

Phil Coggan · Feb 15, 2009

Really nice Barry...I especially like the leaves.

Phil

Barry Lee Hands · Feb 15, 2009

Thank you Phil, there is a bit of the old Ken Hunt damascene influence on the simpler leaves, the ones with the fat center segment. The leaves with the long narrow center segment are more germanic, learned them from Winny mostly.

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