Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/03/12
Are there any Custom Smiths that are Women?
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/03/12
Rachel Wells in Prescott, AZ and Chick Menard in Cordes Junction, AZ.......
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/03/12
Ms. Beisen does the engraving right here in spokane.
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/03/12
I thought Rachel Wells only engraved too?
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/03/12
Sharon Dressel does stocks, or at least did.
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/03/12
Just engraving doesn't make you a Custom Smith building rifles only a helper.
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/03/12
Sharon Dressel is the only one I know of the has actually built a complete rifle or shotgun.
Engravers are not gunmakers. They are artists who embellish metal.
Engravers are not gunmakers. They are artists who embellish metal.
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/04/12
"Engravers are not gunmakers. They are artists who embellish metal."
I think you are not quite being honest here, I consider custom gunwork artistry. Don't you?
I think you are not quite being honest here, I consider custom gunwork artistry. Don't you?
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/04/12
But engravers are not artists who build guns.
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/04/12
Originally Posted by Jkob
"Engravers are not gunmakers. They are artists who embellish metal."
I think you are not quite being honest here, I consider custom gunwork artistry. Don't you?
I think you are not quite being honest here, I consider custom gunwork artistry. Don't you?
How would you know?
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/04/12
Ed de Lorge Engraver-Gunsmith
Houma, Louisiana 70360
1-985-223-0206
http://eddelorge.com
This guy is a great gunsmith and master engraver. A rare combination.
DF
Houma, Louisiana 70360
1-985-223-0206
http://eddelorge.com
This guy is a great gunsmith and master engraver. A rare combination.
DF
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/04/12
Originally Posted by 22WRF
Originally Posted by Jkob
"Engravers are not gunmakers. They are artists who embellish metal."
I think you are not quite being honest here, I consider custom gunwork artistry. Don't you?
I think you are not quite being honest here, I consider custom gunwork artistry. Don't you?
How would you know?
You're not being very nice to Jkob...
Top quality gunsmithing IS artistry in a sense, although not bling...
Jim deserves better than that, IMHO.
DF
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/04/12
I assume the OP is asking about rifles, but I know of one female 1911 pistolsmith who does very nice work: Marianne Carniak.
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/05/12
Rachel Wells does engrave guns, but is perfectly capable of building guns. She owns Wells and Wells Custom Guns. She has a fully equipped shop and is still producing fine weapons.
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/05/12
Kathy Foster, checkering and stockmaking
her work is at finegunmaking.com
her work is at finegunmaking.com
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/05/12
Originally Posted by RJH
Kathy Foster, checkering and stockmaking
her work is at finegunmaking.com
her work is at finegunmaking.com
I think you may mean "Forster". She is a member of the ACGG.
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/05/12
Originally Posted by Jkob
"Engravers are not gunmakers. They are artists who embellish metal."
I think you are not quite being honest here, I consider custom gunwork artistry. Don't you?
I think you are not quite being honest here, I consider custom gunwork artistry. Don't you?
Jim,
Never said gunwork was not artistry.
But gun engraving only is NOT gunsmithing.
Re: Custom Gunsmith Question - 04/16/12
my 21 yr old daughter is self training to be a pistol smith.