Here are a few pieces I engraved around 1988. All done with hammer & chisel and push gravers. They are rather old and have some wear and tarnish and are from a private collection. / ~Sam
Engraved gun case hardware & accessories
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Christopher Malouf
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That's awesome stuff Sam.
Kinda curious .... How long did it take to cut that oil can using h&c?
Kinda curious .... How long did it take to cut that oil can using h&c?
Marrinan
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Simply Beautiful Sam-Do you have it to rebuild or did you acquire it at sale-certainly worth a rebuild and it has worn very well, I don't see much touch-up to do Thanks for sharing with us--Fred
Marrinan
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Sam Just noticed that tiny Masonic compass and square-That is COOL - Fred
Christopher Malouf
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Hey Fred ... when that happens to a Master's work it's called "patina". When it happens on my work it's called corrosion ... :big grin:
Dennis Sprague
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Hello, Sam
That is beautiful work.If the hardware looks this good, I can only imagine what the gun looks like.Thanks for the great pictures.
Dennis
That is beautiful work.If the hardware looks this good, I can only imagine what the gun looks like.Thanks for the great pictures.
Dennis
Brian Hochstrat
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Wow, that is impressive. If that much work went into the case, that must have been some kind of gun. I remember you told me once that stippling background took an eternity with H&C, you must have had that in mind when you laid that design out, not much background there. It looks great. Thanks for posting that up. Best regards. Brian
Dave London
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Very impressive, thanks for the photos
jetta77
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Very cool, I just recieved a new knife project today that has some pin holes to design around, looking at this work has inspired me. thanx Sam...
eastslope
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Beautiful work!!!! The part that means the most to me is the H&C part, because it reminds me of all the neat stuff I have but don't absolutely need. Thanks very much for posting. Seth
what a gift you bring to our eyes.
Thanks, folks 
Chris: I honestly don't remember how long it took, but I'm guessing a couple of days.
Chris: I honestly don't remember how long it took, but I'm guessing a couple of days.
leroytwohawks
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That's just fantastic Sam, But 1988? heck you couldn't have been more than around 10yrs old then right. Amazing work for someone so young.:big grin:
Kevin
Amazing work for someone so young.:big grin:Kevin
Christian DeCamillis
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Wow! Sam you use to do nice work. What happened? Hey great stuff. I love all the details, hinges etc.. engraved like that. Any pics of the whole thing put together? Do you miss doing guns? You buy one and make an exibition piece. I'm sure it would be aq good investment to sell down the road. Chris
Bunic
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Good Googa-Mooga!!
They are totally awesome! I love your leaf style and layout. Tnx! for sharing!!!
They are totally awesome! I love your leaf style and layout. Tnx! for sharing!!!
jlseymour
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Sam that is very impressive engraving...
I agree with Chris D that would be a great investment...
Jerry
I agree with Chris D that would be a great investment...
Jerry
Arnaud Van Tilburgh
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Very nice Sam, especially the boxes.
Thanks for showing them, great study material for me.
Most of the time I seems to have a lot of background in my designs, looking at the box I know it can be done with less background to remove.
arnaud
Thanks for showing them, great study material for me.
Most of the time I seems to have a lot of background in my designs, looking at the box I know it can be done with less background to remove.
arnaud
KCSteve
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
So what I'm seeing is that in 20 years your work - thanks to the switch to powered gravers - has gotten...
well, faster, at least.
Saved off copies of the whole set for study.
well, faster, at least.
Saved off copies of the whole set for study.
Chris: Thanks Yeah, I miss gun engraving whenever I see the stuff you guys are cranking out. Maybe one day...
Kevin: I was 35 years old when I engraved these pieces.
Arnaud: The background areas on the brass hardware pieces are small enough to remove with a push graver. For most of it I just made plunge cuts with a square graver and popped out the background areas. Not as easy in steel, though. While there's less background to remove, the tradeoff is a much finer design with smaller details, etc. This is extremely time consuming and is not nearly as bold as larger scrolls like what McKenzie would have done for similar parts.
In the next weeks I will post photos of the Bowie knife that's part of this set. It has similar sized scrolls and while it looks pretty good, I often thought I should have used a heavier scroll with larger background areas.
Cheers / ~Sam
Yeah, I miss gun engraving whenever I see the stuff you guys are cranking out. Maybe one day...Kevin: I was 35 years old when I engraved these pieces.
Arnaud: The background areas on the brass hardware pieces are small enough to remove with a push graver. For most of it I just made plunge cuts with a square graver and popped out the background areas. Not as easy in steel, though. While there's less background to remove, the tradeoff is a much finer design with smaller details, etc. This is extremely time consuming and is not nearly as bold as larger scrolls like what McKenzie would have done for similar parts.
In the next weeks I will post photos of the Bowie knife that's part of this set. It has similar sized scrolls and while it looks pretty good, I often thought I should have used a heavier scroll with larger background areas.
Cheers / ~Sam
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