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I'm blown away by your work. How did you learn to do this?
Just beautiful.
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thank you I'm blown away by your work. How did you learn to do this?
Just beautiful. well im pretty much self taught . At one time I did a lot of chase engraving . But time and other work took its toll on my hands . I got to the point I could not hold a chase graver . So I stopped engraving The 4 years ago I was lucky enough to win a Lindsey Classic in a contest Steve Lindsey was having . Its taken me a while to get my skills back . They still are not there yet . Only about 80%. But the nice thing is im now able to progress in my skills and im once again enjoying the work
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Words cannot describe your talent captchee!!
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Absolutely Gorgeous.
Looks to me that your skill level is plenty good
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Very nice indeed! Enough engraving to show your talents, but still tasteful. Looks like an auction gun at an ILA banquet.
Love to see your work from four years ago.
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Beautiful! Wonderful composition AND execution!
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Gorgeous work 
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Just stunning.....
Thank you for sharing this with us
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thank you all again for the kind words
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Just stunning.....
Thank you for sharing this with us Couldn't put it better. You, sir are an artist. Ed
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purdy ,so how many hours you think you got in that one?
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Cap, I really have to hand it to ya!!! You are a craftsman/artist of the Old School caliber. having you post here makes for some very serious eye candy and gunporn. EXQUISITE!!!!!
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so how many hours you think you got in that one?
MMM?? around 120 hours to design the pattern , polish out the piece and engrave. What doesn�t really show up in the photos is that the background is all in relief . Once that�s been relieved it gets cross hatched . Once that�s done I used a beading tool and raised small bead so as to texture the background . Each bead is done one at a time . Here is a photo of the recoil child and top of the back strap , prior to the shading being done It shows the beading of the back ground . So like I said before , at this point the pattern had been cut , the background relieved , cross hatched , then beaded . I did this on the barrel as well as below the water lines on the receiver on each side ![[Linked Image]](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/captchee/colt4_zpsff14e4af.jpg)
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WOW! That is some beautiful work.
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Cap - that is some beautiful work! Thanks for sharing that with us. You bring a lot to this forum.
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