More Vasquez bright cut pictures.
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silverchip
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The pics are a little fuzzy but I can appreciate the work!!!
Haraga.com
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Victor's health was not good when he engraved these. He had serious heart problems along with failing eye sight. Even with his poor health he could hand engrave amazingly fast. That is, when he wasn't laughing about Brian and the potato.
Peter_M
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Thank you for posting those. That is some nice engraving.
Peter
Peter
Haraga.com
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I would have posted them sooner but I just found them yesterday and the rest today. That's how messy this shop is.
Brian Marshall
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
So... what year would that have been (not the last year ya cleaned yer shop) - the year those pieces were engraved?
Brian
Brian
Haraga.com
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
2000ish. He made my wife a beautiful binder for a day timer. It's at the house in town or I would post a picture.
yeah-quite pretty stuff !
James
Member
I really appreciate you taking the time to post some images of victor's work.The spirit of his artistry shines through, and these are probably the only publicly available images of a great western artist. thanks so much.
Haraga.com
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The thanks goes to his wife Kathy for allowing me to look after these pieces for her.
zzcutter
Elite Cafe Member
Great Work, I always like this style of engraving.
Would love to see it on firearms.
Would love to see it on firearms.
Brian Marshall
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Doesn't quite work as well on steel... or you would see it on firearms.
The reflective qualities are different.
Brian
The reflective qualities are different.
Brian
Roger Bleile
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Western bright cut was designed to be hand pushed in soft metal. Until the invention of power assisted gravers, it wasn't possible to do it in hardened gun steel. I've never heard of bright cut being done successfully with H&C. I think that a gun could be engraved with bright cut today using a power assisted graver and finished in silver or nickel plating.
bronc
Elite Cafe Member
Leonard, thanks for sharing these! Didn't Vic also build some saddles?
Stewart
Stewart
Brian Marshall
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Yes, Vic built saddles. He learned from me...
Kind of a way to repay him for the time he invested in me - teaching me hand engraving and silversmithing.
Brian
Vic went on to teach Rick Ricotti (Clements, CA) how to build saddles.
He may have taught others? There was a time period where we didn't communicate much. I was down in Mexico for 7 years.
B.
Kind of a way to repay him for the time he invested in me - teaching me hand engraving and silversmithing.
Brian
Vic went on to teach Rick Ricotti (Clements, CA) how to build saddles.
He may have taught others? There was a time period where we didn't communicate much. I was down in Mexico for 7 years.
B.
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