Literally, engraving a 101.

Odd choice to engrave, but a darned good job.

The owner's story...

" When I was a boy in the early 60s, you would have found me with my face pressed against the display case at the local Big Five gun counter as I gazed at the new Savage 101s. In my mind I was a cowboy and that was the pistol I needed more than anything. Back then I measured money in terms of how many lawns I would have to mow to save up the $19.50 to purchase one. This Savage is just one of several dream guns of my boyhood that I have engraved just to thrill the ten-year-old that still lives in me."

Can't think of a better reason to choose it.

I would pay $19.50 for that ,,just about any day.. Smile

Same hand engraver did this one.

That is really nice work from where I set!

thanks for sharing!

Model 101 would be good gun too practice on. And I'd say the practice session went well! Nice.

That 101 is cool!!! One of a kind.

don't get better then that!

Absolutely stunning engraving job !!

I like that 101! Now I want one...

Its not like the one i have for dummys !!!

It'll be at the next Savage Fest.

It is.

Nice engraving, thanks for the photos. Let's slide sideways a bit. Do you know anything about the knife in the first two pictures? I have one that looks very similar, been carrying it to the deer woods for nearly 50 years. And I think my Dad carried it before that.

Dale

What little of it I can see favors a Marble’s Woodcraft.

I started thinking about the bizarre notion of engraving a 101, until I read the backstory. Yay for him, and excellent work!

I think I would've replaced the awful fake wood grips with something more elegant to frame the wonderful engraving.

Is the engraver someone who's currently practicing his craft?

Thanks for showing this, Rick.

reigel gun engraving

It's great to fulfill a childhood dream. I filled one of mine with the '34 Ford I got last fall.

Pictures man, pictures!

I have always like the lines of that car (original, or made into a hot rod!):

John

It'll be a mild hot rod. It will look stock on the outside except that it will be lowered. It'll have a souped up 49 Ford flathead, a Camaro Borg Warner T5 tranny and a 9" Ford rearend. It's ugly right now.

Cool!

Please post pictures later!

John

will do.

David, you and the Energizer Bunny have a lot in common.

Thanks for the info, I'll have to dig further. In the limited searching I did, I saw a couple of other Marble's knives that we have here.

Dale

David, you do know the saying about boats and hotrods and the best days of owing them?
had to ask. i have lusts of my own that are similar .
not mine yet but soon.

No, but, it will be in the next revision of Garnett Stancil's Savage 101 Pistol book just like yours is.

The Savage Collector Forum should probably forward what we know about the 101, variations, Chicopee, Westfield, boxes, grips, etc. to Stancil for the next revision just to capture it.

101 thread

more 34 hot rod pics
damaged rear floor removed
[img]https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/tmp/157620.jpg.thumb[/img]
the soft top was long gone when I got the car
[img]https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/tmp/157621.jpg.thumb[/img]
the front part of the floor
[img]https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/tmp/157624.jpg.thumb[/img]
gas tank and rear axel area
[img]https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/tmp/157625.jpg.thumb[/img]
the side after I removed the right side running board and rear fender
[img]https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/tmp/157622.jpg.thumb[/img]
The front of the car. I've already installed the new front axel and hairpins
[img]https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/tmp/157626.jpg.thumb[/img]
I have almost removed everything that needs to come off and am ready to start the build.
I am including the pic of the 28 for the new guys. the old guys have seen this one. It was complete and running when I bought it but I have made some changes
[img]https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/tmp/157632.jpg.thumb[/img]

I have no idea why the pics didn't post this time.

I have no idea why the pics didn't post this time.
OK, I got it I don't do the last part of the photo procedure
here goes another try.
Rick, the energizer bunny's battery has been running really low the last few days






these are out of order from the earlier post but you guys can figure it out.
and the 28

Thanks for posting these Wyo1895!

I can't do this myself, but I like to live vicariously through folks like you !

John

your are welcome. Up until last year we had several car shows here and in Colorado. I hope they get going again. It's enjoyable to share stuff with other people.